Two of Spades

The TWO OF SPADES is the card of working partnership and friendship. Twos in general are characterised by fears, especially the fear of being left alone. And the TWO OF SPADES is no exception. Many people with this Birth Card are ready for anything just to keep company. Betrayal of friendship or trust wounds them especially deeply. The Karma Card of the Two of Spades is the Six of Spades, one of the most powerful Karma Cards, giving the fate of the TWO OF SPADES a special fatality. Because of its influence the life of Twos of Spades from time to time falls into a well-worn rut that is very hard to get out of. This same influence brings health problems; however, most Twos of Spades are free of bad habits, which helps them resist illness. The double connection of the TWO OF SPADES with Uranus in the Basic Spiritual Spread indicates that representatives of this card are gifted with enormous intuition. But to realise this potential, the Two of Spades must be sincerely interested in the spiritual side of life; and cards of the Spade suit, as a rule, ignore it in favour of professional or career interests. Twos of Spades are distinguished by good mental abilities and developed logic. These qualities contribute to success at work, but in personal relationships sometimes prove a hindrance. Many Twos of Spades are so absorbed in work and spellbound by the power of their own logical mind that they do their utmost to avoid situations connected with trials in these areas, and such situations include marital relations. Twos of Spades are very talented and able to achieve much in social life, but the Three of Hearts as the Pluto Card indicates a sceptical and indecisive attitude of these people towards love ties in particular and everything that may disturb the usual order of their life in general. But on the whole the life path of Twos of Spades is smoother than that of most cards, and people with this Birth Card do not allow themselves to grow lazy and relax idly. Not infrequently they marry for money. Many Twos of Spades achieve renown and even fame in life. Men born under the influence of this card achieve especially noticeable successes and often find themselves in managerial positions. The KING OF CLUBS as their second Karma Card indicates innate abilities of a leader, which show themselves very easily and naturally in a suitable situation. If the TWO OF SPADES turns to the spiritual side of life, they will show great progressiveness, flexibility and effectiveness in the work of harmonising the surrounding world. This is the card of cooperation and brotherly love — the card of the era of Aquarius, which humanity is now entering. In this respect the Two of Spades can serve as a model of the friendship that is to define relations between people over the next 2000 years.

Relationships of the Two of Spades with other people

Twos of Spades have almost the best "marriage karma" among all the cards in the deck. But they enter a successful marriage, as a rule, in the second half of life — after they have solved the problem connected with indecision and fear of love relationships. Often their love life is built on alternating attraction and repulsion. Now they let a partner close to them, now they push them away, fearing excessive closeness. The TWO OF SPADES is an extremely logical card, which is reflected in its ideas of love too. People with this Birth Card analyse various concepts connected with married life and try to work out some logical conclusions that would allow them to manage the relationship with a partner. But in reality love life is the realm of emotions, and Twos of Spades tend to neglect emotional questions. The good karma of Twos of Spades is explained by the fact that in past incarnations these people were generous with their partners, and now the time has come for them to reap the fruits of this self-giving. Twos of Spades are superb husbands and wives; they are faithful and devoted to their spouse. There may be long periods of calm in their love life, but Twos of Spades have only themselves to blame for this. Fears and doubts often hinder them from starting new romantic relationships, and only work on themselves in the area of emotional problems can help here. The main culprit of these people's indecision in questions of love and marriage is the THREE OF HEARTS as the Pluto Card. Twos of Spades too often try to "calculate" love and marriage rationally — and as a result begin to "go round in circles", not understanding that all their sorrows are caused by an inner fear of the future. In other cases the THREE OF HEARTS simply pushes away their chances of happy love. And again, Twos of Spades are not aware of this, since they pay too much attention to the rationalistic left hemisphere of the brain.

Compatibility of the Two of Spades with other birth cards

Two of Spades men are happy with women of the Heart suit. All TWOS OF SPADES form superb friendships with Club women. Two of Spades women dream of love with men of their own suit, but it is rather men of the Diamond suit who are drawn to them. And Club men often consider winning over Two of Spades women a worthy task.

A classic example of the Two of Spades

As a classic example of the Two of Spades I want to cite a man who was born on 4 May and fits magnificently the type of hard-working and rationalistic person that most people with this Birth Card are. This man is a programmer who has achieved great success in his profession. He works for one of the prosperous computer-game companies. Florence Campbell in "Sacred Symbols of the Ancients" writes that all Twos, as a rule, fear loneliness. Our Birth Card, like the sun sign in astrology, represents the energy that we tend to identify almost completely with our personality. So Twos usually consider themselves half of some partner pair — as opposed to Aces, who to some degree perceive themselves as individualists and loners. One of the most important values in life for the Two of Spades is friendship — with both men and women. They prefer to work together with other people. Even when left alone, they are constantly on the phone with friends. Almost always there is one of their friends at their home, or they themselves are visiting friends. The Two of Spades spends much energy on managing to do all the things shared with other people. Friendship for them is considerably more important than for the average person. For Twos of Spades friendship means shared pursuits, not only communication or business, as in the cases of the Two of Clubs or the Two of Diamonds. In the area of love relationships things are somewhat different. It happens that a Two of Spades is already almost ready to marry, but never reaches the altar. Either he is attracted to women who do not want to marry him, or he himself does not want to join his life with them. Despite all his powerful logical mind, the Two of Spades often finds it hard to come to a final decision in the question of love and marriage. The strong feature of Twos of Spades is that they are the best friends in the world. All of Paul's friends love and value him; he knows how to keep friendly relations with women who were his lovers in the past. The only vulnerable spot of the Two of Spades is that they feel strong pain if a friend leaves them.