Mysteries not everyone knows about the West deck

Appearing in Europe around the 13-14 century, the Western deck is now a very popular game in the world. But not everyone knows about the secrets behind every card.

Western cards, Vietnamese people are also known as tuffling or tunhu, English is Playing cards including 54 cards, including 52 regular cards: K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7 , 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A are divided into 4 mechanics, Checkers, Dragons (Cloves) and Bich.

The other two are Jokers, also known as slapstick or clowns. We call this the deck of cards to avoid confusion about the origin as well as the characteristics and gameplay of Chinese cards or decks such as Tam dais, quartet, shrimp nest, .

So what is the origin of the West deck?

The first set of cards in the world appeared in China around the 9th century during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 years). They are made of paper and popular among nobles and royalty. This game is brought to the country by the Western merchant.

It is noted that Europeans used the Western deck of cards today from 1418. The King, Queen or Prince cards are printed and shaped very beautifully and expensive. Card and game patterns are also changed from country to country. Sometimes, they are used for divination or magic more than entertainment.

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The most popular Western card sets today.

2 black and red represent the day and night respectively. That is, the total value of the cards in a deck is 364, adding a Joker to 365, representing 365 days in a year. The remaining Joker makes the total possible 366, the number of days in a leap year.

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The J, Q, and K troops in a West deck are printed in 1925.

52 cards in a deck of cards represent 52 weeks in a year. A deck of cards has the meaning of 1 calendar year. Accordingly, 4 substances of Co, Ro, Chuon (Tep) and Bich correspond to 4 seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.

13 types of cards represent 13 phases of the moon , it can be understood as being used as a parallel calendar. The cards are also used for magic elements in divination.

Here is the mysterious meaning of every western card that everyone knows.

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Bich army.

Spades - Bich army. Representing the sword, the air, the strength of the breath and the mind power, embodying the man. In divination, it represents an unfavorable way. For example, the two flanges carry the meaning that you have been hurt because you trust too much in one person and are not rewarded.

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Quan Co.

Heart - Army. They represent water , the power of the subconscious and the healing of sickness, embodying women. For example, in the 9th Force in divination, there is a sense of luck, you have a negative person or a god of protection.

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Troop.

Diamonds - Romans. Romans carry the meaning of shield , earth, strength, endurance and abundance. They also bear the symbol of wealth, due to the shape that makes viewers think of the roof tiles of Western merchants.

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Quan Nhep.

Clubs - military Nhép. Representing the image of magic wand, fire, will and transformation of all things. For example, the imprint of the army means the correlation between the debt of the debt and the repayment of the life. In divination, this person means that people have a lot of money, but not their own money, but someone else's money or a loan.

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The joker.

The Joker - the clown's army , is a special card in a modern 54-card deck. Each set usually has two cards. The joker usually has a black and white leaf and a colorful leaf.

Picture 8 of Mysteries not everyone knows about the West deck Producers claim that they make a low-hanging army only for humorous purposes.

Producers claim that they make a low-hanging army only for the sake of humor, the Joker's effect itself is not much, it is a free card, no rules are imposed. This card is popular in Germany, USA, even here they are the highest card, even allowed to represent many different cards.

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The Fool - Cards are not numbered.

In the tarot cards used in astrology, the Joker is compared to The Fool - the card is not numbered , may be all and may not be anything. The meaning is the beginning of life, innocence, spontaneity, and the opposite is the ignorance to be foolish and reckless.

The Fool is compared to the Joker card - a boy who holds his head high, his footsteps slowly leaving the cliff while facing the Supernatural.

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Military 9 checkers.

Meanwhile, the 9th Army had its own legend. For a long time, this card was called "scourge of Scotland". Historians note that, on the card 9 Ro, the Duke of Cumberland (1721-1765) wrote the order to massacre the wounded prisoners after the battle of Culloden (1976).

Another hypothesis is about the "dark, obsessive" card of the 9 Ro card, which is in a style of playing cards for the Queen of Scottland - Marie proposes, 9 Checkers are considered trump cards to be searched and Scottland people like to play this type of game so much that many families flirt with it, the number 9 Roi also means "disaster".