It is still uncertain where the first card deck was created, but according to the prevalent theory, this happened in China sometime in the 10th century AD.
Cards were a luxurious item at first, and only rich people could obtain them.
Several centuries later, possibly by the end of 13th or beginning of 14th century cards arrived in Europe.
They were hand made and hand painted at first, and this was costly and time consuming.
In time, they became attainable to the masses when their production cheapened.
Clubs Symbolism and Personality Traits
The clubs suit is a symbol of ambition, creativity, energy, drive, passion, expansion, action, adventure, spirituality, and often unpredictability.
Someone influenced by the clubs suit is passionate, energetic, magnetic, ambitious, and intelligent.
They are ready to act and follow their intuition.
They can be stubborn and egocentric.
Clubs people can be prone to imposing opinions to others; they are often magnetically attractive and possess great charisma.
Jack Card Interesting Facts and Meaning
The jack or the knave card (as this card is known in England) is a presentation of a young man wearing court clothes from the 16th – 17th century.
This is a court card and has the lowest rank of all the court cards.
Symbolically, the jack is a servant of royalty.
It is usually presented as a male figure but in some card decks it can be depicted as a female.
This card relates to the number 11.
It symbolizes creativity and innovation, inventions, humor, intelligence, immaturity, impulsiveness.
Jack of Clubs Card – Meaning and Symbolism
The Jack of clubs symbolizes adventure, action, initiative.
This is a card that combines intelligence and action to create the desired result.
Sometimes it symbolizes immature and impulsive behavior which causes obstacles to achieving desired results.
This can also be caused by stubbornness and egocentricity.
Jack of Clubs Personality Traits
Jack of Clubs people are known for their excellent memory.
They can memorize great number of details and are treasuries of knowledge.
They often accumulate knowledge to teach others or use it for other purpose, such as writing or speaking.
This card represents the future.
People born with this birth card are focused on the future and often fail to acknowledge what they have manifested and achieved so far.
Especially women with this birth card have masculine traits and outlook on life.
These are independent people regardless of their gender.
They express best through their minds and intellect.
If they cannot speak, they will certainly write.
It is important for these people to always improve their knowledge.
Most of them do it their entire lives.
Those Jack of clubs who are deprived of education due to life circumstances, will do their best to learn and gain knowledge using some alternative ways of study.
Jack of clubs people are communicative and love being around people.
Jobs involving communication and interactions with people are the best choice for them.
They often opt for partnerships and have more success than doing busines individually.
They sometimes struggle with money but are able to provide the lifestyle they crave for.
They can achieve success in any chosen field if they focus their mind and energy.
It is important to work on developing their responsibility and organizational skills because they tend to be disorganized and immature at times.
This attitude will provide them financial stability for as long as they want.
Sometimes it takes years to get where they want to be financially.
Most of them are satisfied with where they are in life after the age of forty.
They become more mature and experienced which enables them to use their knowledge and gifts to achieve success.
Some of them inherit a large part of their money.
Many Jack of clubs people are fortunate to be able to earn their money by doing the things they enjoy.
They possess entrepreneurial gifts and are very successful entrepreneurs.
Their mind is always alert, and they are prepared to defend their opinions at any time, which makes them prone to arguing and conflicts.
They love to express their opinion and enjoy convincing others of their point of view, and that makes them easily agitated.
People might consider them exhausting, and for them it is just a mental exercise.
They love talking and exchanging opinions, but they do it in a way that most people find intrusive.
This trait of theirs is not always a bad thing, because it allows them to defend their beliefs and follow their dreams.
This trait doesn’t allow this person easily to give up on their goals if someone tries to persuade them to do that.
Jack of clubs might have a tendency of being impatient, especially towards people who are different and not as quick witted as they are.
They need to learn tolerance and sometimes good manners because they might end up offending others with their inconsiderate remarks and behavior.
Sometimes these people can have dishonest tendencies and be prone to manipulating and lying.
They might easily use their powerful intelligence to their advantage.
Some of them enjoy exhibiting their mental dominance over others who are not as brilliant as they are.
Often this attitude backfires against them.
They often discover some life path that no one else has taken before.
This ability helps them discover new fields and professions that enable them to profit immensely.
They are innovators and love exploring new things and inventing new ways of doing things.
This is what brings them most pleasure.
They will use their wisdom gathered through the process of discovery and invention to teach others and ease their path through the unknown.
The Jack of clubs person might experience difficulties facing reality when their imagination and living in their imaginary world drags them too far away from real life.
Their imagination is a source of inspiration for their creations and creative endeavors, but they need to remain grounded and always be aware of their reality vs their dreams.
This will help them persevere until they finally make their dreams their reality.
These people might have issues with their overactive mind and imagination.
Sometimes they cannot tell what is true and what is a product of their imagination.
Many of them might be prone to making up events and convincing others that they are true with such convictive power that they begin believing they are true as well.
This can be the cause of many problems in their life especially in their relationships with other people and it is essential to control these urges.
Their love life is relatively good. They need to be friends with their partners first and from this friendship emotions develop.
Because they are intellectual types, it is important for them to be on a similar mental level with their partners. They love intelligent people and need to enjoy talking to their partners.
Because they have an independent nature, they also need to keep a part of their freedom in their relationships and marriage.
Their partners also need to be tolerant and freedom loving people as well. The Jack of clubs doesn’t want anyone to tell them what to do.
When they find the right person, who will respect these sides of their nature, Jack of clubs people are loyal and devoted partners and their relationships last.
One of their major problems in relationships is their inflexible attitude and difficulty to accept other points of view and make compromises.
They might also have a tendency to overthinking and this can also be a burden to their partners.
These people never lack ideas, and their creativity is often enormous.
Their creativity provides them with a lifestyle they desire.
They don’t care much about money, but they know it is an important part of everyone’s life and they need to have it.
Their negative traits can be irresponsibility, immaturity, and oftentimes dishonesty and tendency to lies.
They don’t consider these traits as negative in most cases because their view of morality is often very flexible and doesn’t always match the views of the majority of people.
Fortunately, they are forced to suppress these urges by the rules and restrictions of society.
Jack of Clubs people are born on January 29th, on February 27th, on March 25th, on April 23rd, on May 21st, on June 19th, on July 17th, on August 15th, on September 13th, on October 11th, on November 9th and on December 7th.
Jack of Clubs Card in Tarot and Cartomancy
Jack of clubs card in a card reading is usually a sign of energy, passion, movement, action.
This is a card that indicates optimism about pursuing a goal and taking action towards achieving that goal.
Jack of clubs is a sign that the client is full of ideas for the future and has the energy to fulfil these ideas.
This card indicates motivation and enthusiasm.
It is a sign that the client has a clear picture of what they want to achieve.
When Jack of clubs card appears, it is a sign that action needs to be taken towards some goals.
If the client is wondering about a new venture or a project and this card appears in the reading, it is a sign that this is the right time to begin.
This card might indicate adventures ahead that will lead to fulfilment of the client’s desires.
The Jack of clubs card is often a sign of risks that need to be taken, but is also a sign that these risks will pay off.
For some readers, the appearance of this card in a spread in a love reading might indicate that the client’s romantic interest is someone who is a player and is not a reliable and suitable person to be in a relationship with.
This card can also indicate that the client is acting in this manner in their current relationship or they are having multiple options to date.
Jack of clubs can indicate passionate and magnetic encounters.
Maybe the person will be in a position to choose from multiple options.
Often the Jack of clubs in a card reading might indicate thoughtless actions and regret because of the mistakes that are made because of such behavior.
When this card appears, it might be a warning to the person to be more thoughtful when making decisions or taking actions because they might regret later.
This refers to their professional as well as their love life.
This card is often an indication of impulsive and impatient behavior that might cause damage.
When the Jack of clubs is reversed in a spread, it can mean that there’s desire to take some action, but it action will be delayed.
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