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Rated: ASR · Book · Cultural · #2015972
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#906921 added March 16, 2017 at 12:55am
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Interesting Perspective
Did you know that the traditional deck of playing cards are a veritable and most ingenious form of calendar?

There are 52 weeks in the year and 52 playing cards... There are 13 weeks in each season and there are also 13 cards in each suit. There are 4 seasons and 4 suits There are 12 months of the year and 12 Court cards (those which have faces) The Red cards represent the Day, the Black cards the Night... If you let the Jacks = 11, the Queens = 12, and the Kings = 13, then add up all the sums of 1 + 2 + 3 + …to 13 = 91 Multiply this by 4, for the 4 suits; 91 x 4 = 364 then add 1 that is the Joker and you will arrive at the number of days in the year? Is that mere coincidence? or a greater intelligence...

* Of interest is the sum of the letters in all the names of the cards; eg : add up the letters in "one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, Jack, Queen, King" = 52 !
The Spades indicate ploughing/ working, Hearts indicate Love thy crops, Clubs indicate flourishing/ growth, Diamonds indicate reaping/ wealth....
Also, in some card games 2 Jokers are used... Indicating Leap year....
There is a deeper philosophy than just a game...

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