When using a deck of playing cards
have you ever noticed how many one
-eyed Queens or King's there are?

chi_solas wrote:When using a deck of playing cards
have you ever noticed how many one
-eyed Queens or King's there are?

answer is.. there are no one-eyed Queens
There is one, one-eyed King (diamonds)

How many Kings wear mustaches?
Do all or any of the Queens hold flowers?

chi_solas wrote:

chi_solas wrote:When using a deck of playing cards
have you ever noticed how many one
-eyed Queens or King's there are?

answer is.. there are no one-eyed Queens
There is one, one-eyed King (diamonds)

How many Kings wear mustaches?
Do all or any of the Queens hold flowers?

answer is..
King of hearts does not wear a mustache
all the Queens hold flowers

I find it interesting that the deck of
cards that as a child I was forbidden
to use or take part. Has such a fascinating
history and they are a wonderful math tool.

How does the king of hearts differ from
the other Kings ?
Are the center pips (the Suit symbol) on all
4 aces all the same size.

chi_solas wrote:

chi_solas wrote:

chi_solas wrote:When using a deck of playing cards
have you ever noticed how many one
-eyed Queens or King's there are?

answer is.. there are no one-eyed Queens
There is one, one-eyed King (diamonds)

How many Kings wear mustaches?
Do all or any of the Queens hold flowers?

answer is..
King of hearts does not wear a mustache
all the Queens hold flowers

I find it interesting that the deck of
cards that as a child I was forbidden
to use or take part. Has such a fascinating
history and they are a wonderful math tool.

How does the king of hearts differ from
the other Kings ?
Are the center pips (the Suit symbol) on all
4 aces all the same size.

answer is....
The king of hearts holds the sword behind his
head the others hold theirs upright
check with your own deck

A deck of cards needs some deductive
reasoning. During a game there's the
numbers and suits to watch. I never
paid much attention to the other
details, they never seem to come in
to play. How much of the familiar every
day items that we come in contact with
do we note details such as a coin in
your pocket that you might use to feed
a parking meter. Take a quick look at
the coin you use everyday. Pretend it
just flashed across the TV screen. You
recognize it, pick up as much information
as you can from this quick passing. put
the coin back in your pocket.Then write
on a piece of paper all the information
you gathered from this familiar coin.Now
check the coin and see if you got all the
details written down. How did you do? What
info did you gathered in the flash of the
moment.

hey Bridget

i m almost unfamiliar with cards, but the squence you have built is lovely

salman

Lambs-Wool wrote:hey Bridget

i m almost unfamiliar with cards, but the squence you have built is lovely

salman

Their origin goes back to China/Persia.

Does your religion prohibit playing cards?

The history of playing cards has
areas of history of uncertainty
but I believe that the written
history that exists reflects
royality & peasantry that has
existed through the past thousands
of years. Its amazing that these
relics of the middle ages are still
fun and educational.

The tarot cards I believe also go back
to the middle ages. They were used for
fortune telling representing the spiritual
& the physical.

chi_solas wrote:The tarot cards I believe also go back
to the middle ages. They were used for fortune telling
representing the spiritual & the physical.

according Lee Ann Obringer

Tarot-card History: In most people's minds, "Tarot card reading" means a woman in flowing robes, leaning over a small table in a candlelit room, foretelling impending doom. But that's not really what Tarot cards are about. In fact, they're not even really meant to tell your fortune or future. According to The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, "The most powerful sources of information come from within; the Tarot aids in coming in contact with one's Higher Self."

Have you ever thought of donating
your unsued deck of cards to a
homeless shelter, veteran's home
orphanages?

Did you know that the spade symbol
was an adaptation of the sceptre
and represented the highet social
order & nobility.

The heart is a modification of a
medievil chalice that represented
the church.

predecessor of the diamond was a coin
symbolizing the merchant class

The club was adapted from the stave or
"acorn"representing the peasantary

The first round cards were made in Persia.
In the 1920's folks found that oblong cards
were much easier to shuffle & handle

cards & the wheel have survived
decades & decades they have had
many varied uses and continue to
bring pleasure/fun into the present.

when using cards children
often make up their own
games & rules.