J♦ - Jack of Diamonds
the card of the merchant
The Jack of Diamonds is the card of the merchant. These people are insightful, intelligent, and always able to arrange a good life for themselves using their wit and charm. They are very independent and creative personalities who act both instinctively and with reason. In life, they are successful due to their innate ability to deal with financial matters. The few of them who are attentive to their higher ideals become Kings of their suit. Natural extrasensory abilities can lead Diamond Jacks to complete spiritual awareness, but as a rule, they are too focused on their mind, which often prevents them from using their greatest gift - intuition. Some Diamond Jacks become professional psychics, while others may be afraid of their open channels, but in any case, most of them sooner or later have to use these channels.
Diamond Jacks have great powers of persuasion. They successfully work where it is necessary to lead and inspire people, and they also cope well with professions in the field of entertainment and healing. Many of them have artistic inclinations, and some even have special talents in this area. They often want to do something good for the world. However, being Jacks, they can devote their whole life only to entertainment and fun.
As the card of Uranus and Neptune, the Diamond Jack usually likes to reserve the right to choose in work and in life in general. Freedom (Uranus) means a lot to such people: often it is simply sacred for them (Neptune). They are often attracted to independent work or the kind of occupation that does not interfere with their own affairs. Perhaps this is why many Diamond Jacks like a career as a salesperson or sales agent. In this field of activity, they are unsurpassed. The famous expression about a salesman who "can sell ice to Eskimos" should be attributed precisely to the Diamond Jack.
All the Jacks can be frivolous and somewhat unreliable in some ways, and they usually don't hesitate even when they can't keep their promises. They love games, even in old age, returning to their youth. The love of communication makes them the best sales workers of all the cards in the deck. Diamond Jacks need to find a profession that will give an outlet to their creative abilities and recognition of their special talents.
Idealized notions of personal freedom can in many cases even keep the Diamond Jack from forming partnerships. Based on the high ideals of personal freedom, the Diamond Jack can give weighty arguments in favor of his free lifestyle. But the truth is often that these people are simply afraid of the financial expenses that real obligations may entail. As mentioned, freedom is a very special concept for the Diamond Jack, and whether he admits it or not, it is one of the reasons that holds him back from entering into marriage.
All the cards of the Diamond Jack's Main Life Path (from the Mercury card to the Neptune card) are in the Neptune row. The Neptune Card for the Jack of Diamonds is the Queen of Spades - one of the most dreamy love cards. Such a huge saturation of the love life with the energy of Neptune creates extremely high ideals in love for the Jack of Diamonds. The Diamond Jack can become a perfect lover or spouse. He can be very inventive in his romantic fantasies and is very upset if the partner is unable to use those magnificent potentials that the Diamond Jack notices in him.
Diamond Jacks are strong enough to find a common language with other people, but their changeable nature and sense of independence often prevail over the ability to reach a compromise. However, they can have excellent relationships with a partner if he decides that this is really what he needs and wants to finally settle down and establish himself in life.
Diamond Jack men dream of women of the Hearts suit, and Club men find Diamond Jack women very attractive, although sometimes too demanding.
It doesn't even occur to most people that their country could have a sun sign or a Birth Card. But if we look at the country from this point of view, we will be able to understand a lot about it as a single cultural and state-political organism. The Fourth of July is the card of the Jack of Diamonds, which is often called the "card of the merchant". People with this Birth Card are usually endowed with the talent of mediation and are very successful in the field of trade. On the other hand, some of them can be irresponsible and cunning. However, if we are talking about the whole country, how can we see the traits characteristic of the Jack of Diamonds?
Let's first consider some features of the Jack of Diamonds himself. The Jack of Diamonds symbolizes (in its highest manifestation) initiation into a system of higher values. When we find the Jack of Diamonds card in our Annual Spread, this may mean that we are to some extent aware of what is truly important to us in life. We may suddenly realize that the people or things we considered necessary are actually not so important to us. We may, for example, have a clear awareness that money is not the most important thing and that it should occupy the appropriate place in our value system - being below what is more valuable. In this respect, people or the whole country whose Birth Card is the Jack of Diamonds exist in the present incarnation in order to make some transformation in their life. In the course of their life, they may manifest themselves at the lowest as well as the highest level. The Jack of Diamonds may initially be an outright thief, but then suddenly and abruptly renounce material interests in favor of spiritual faith and ideals. Often other countries in the world consider the United States a country of thieves ready to do anything for the almighty dollar. Any serious student studying international relations will tell you that most (if not all) of the wars in the US have occurred for financial reasons, no matter how much the press denies it.
Due to the fact that the Jack of Diamonds is the Birth Card of the United States, this country always conducts financial affairs, sometimes even behind the scenes (as is characteristic of many people with the same Birth Card). The financial considerations always underlie all of the US's relations with other countries (whether it's trade or wars).