The Ace of Spades & The High Priestess

The Ace of Spades

The guy who invented gambling was bright, but the guy who invented the chip was a genius.
– Julius "Big Julie" Weintraub, a New York gambler who ran junkets to Vegas (1974)


In poker, the spades suit is viewed as the most volatile.

The Ace of Spades is the Trump Card in Spades as instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the spade suit is always trump.

It is called as the Death Card in popular myth and folklore. It is supposed to denote new beginnings with knowledge gained and obstacles revealed. Hence the terminology that Death is a Trump Card.

The Ace of Spades has been used in war as well as culture. [For more: Read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace_of_spades]

This passage from here [http://www.psywarrior.com/DeathCardsAce.html] will perhaps shed some light on the historic relevance of why an Ace of Spades is the Death Card.

There are 52 cards. Each card stands for a week in the year. The thirteen cards in each suit also stand for the thirteen lunar months in the year. The suits stand for the seasons. The red suits are feminine, warm, positive, upward looking, etc. The black ones are masculine, cold, negative, regressive, etc.

There are four main Sabbats - the Ace of Spades relates to the week of Yule. Yule, at the beginning of winter was a date dreaded by the old peasantry - the beginning of winter heralded a time of famine, or a Time of the Wolf. The Ace of Spades stands for the first week of winter, beginning 21 December. Supplies would be running low, and the last of the meat would be slaughtered and cured to eat in the months ahead. Offerings would be made to the dead, and the elderly would be sure that their last wishes were known, in case it was their turn.

The Ace of Spades represents the Death of the Year and the start of a new one, when the wheel turns again. The reason why it is a trump card is that Death comes for all of us in the end, and there is no escape - even for kings. The spade is also known in the Tarot as the sword - a symbol of war. The symbol could represent a heart with a spike in it, a severed head on a spike, a cowled head, an evergreen yew, or a dead leaf - all emblems of Death.

The High Priestess

In Tarot, the High Priestess card is about allowing events to proceed without intervention, approaching a closed off area, opening to the unknown, remembering something important, sensing the secret and hidden, seeking what is concealed, and acknowledging the Shadow. [Source: http://www.learntarot.com/maj02.htm]

GHSP

Did they play an Ace of Spades and the High Priestess cards to see where it goes and what it does?

Wait and watch GHSP Mon-Sat on Star One

PS: This is from friends of mine - posting on their behalf - AD

As usual very difficult to grasp……….Bri………but now they have used their Ace of spade……major triumph card … let see which way it will turn…….

The way GHSP castle was falling before this ….I suppose it was the right time to play the last and right card……..

Let's see how this trump card works for them....Ace is the biggest card in the lot, one can utilize it in many ways! It can be a downfall or it can be big! 😳

Been to Vegas many times, I still don't know how to play poker, but know the trump card!

Even Donald "Trump" likes to play the card, but at times he fails too!

Nice to see u post Bri!

Originally posted by: kuls11

As usual very difficult to grasp'''.Bri'''but now they have used their Ace of spade''major triumph card ' let see which way it will turn''.

The way GHSP castle was falling before this '.I suppose it was the right time to play the last and right card''..