Joanna Sanchez Valerio

Feminine Power, Strength, and Intelligence

THE QUEEN OF SPADES is one of the more unique cards in a standard deck. It plays a specific role in several card games, is based on a powerful goddess, and reminds us of the strength we can find within ourselves.

The Queen of Spades, in common knowledge, referenced Pallas, the human form of Athena – the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and warfare. Athena was the warrior goddess in Greek mythology, the one most to be feared and worshiped. Her birth involved Zeus’ head being smashed open with an ax, and her walking out, fully armored.

From this history, we can see how the Queen of Spades has come to be realized as a card that references great power, wisdom, and strength. To wear it as a tattoo is to reflect your strengths and celebrate the powerful women of history and today.

Wisdom, Planning, and Overcoming Challenges Alone

In Tarot readings, the Queen of Spades is a powerful card that is considered to point to someone of great intelligence or of a judgment that is considered logical or wise. To a follower of spiritual readings, the presence of the Queen of Spades can bring a sense of power and protection.

It may also represent a woman who can plan well for the future and face great challenges even if feeling alone or abandoned

Unique Value and Worth

In a far less serious way, even the card games we play today respect the role of the Queen of Spades. Unlike other Queens in the deck, only she plays important roles in a range of games, such as hearts, pinochle, and stud poker.

Taking cues from such card games, the Queen of Spades can represent the independent woman of high value, who you would be wise to want as an ally – not an enemy. People respect the Queen of Spades more than any other card.

Intimidating Power 

A Hidden Advantage

A single Queen of Spades on the ankle  can symbolize a hidden strength and confidence, that “card up your sleeve” that makes you more powerful than most. This is a great tattoo for those with a quiet confidence and the faith that they can face any challenge that comes along.

It’s also a great option for anyone who feels underestimated; this tattoo can help remind you of your quiet, hidden power, even if others cannot always see it. The spade tattoo serves as a visual representation of her preference and has become a symbol of empowerment and sexual freedom. It refers to a powerful, intelligent woman who dominates men.

In cartomancy, the queen of spades is considered to be a sign of intelligence. It is representative of judgment that is practical, logical, and intellectual. It represents a woman who is creative and makes her plans ahead of time.

The sword suit cards represent reasoning, communication, and a creative but destructive mind. Seeing this double-edged sword on a card can represent difficult challenges in a person’s life. These can represent a person that has strength and authority, or a need for control. Queens show a creative force and represent characteristics of growth, development, and realization. Some argue that queen cards represent real people, but they can also represent aspects of one’s own personality, an event, or action. Queens typically represent some call to action, which can be further interpreted in a spread of cards during a cartomancy reading.

Overall, a queen of spades is both a powerful card in card games and cartomancy. This card represents great change and wariness, and is the second or third-highest card in a suit in a standard deck.

The Femme Fatale

A woman must meet an essential requirement to be a "Queen of Spades": she must be gorgeous, smart, intuitive, have an attractive body, be sexual alluring and only have sexual relations with black men.

In movies and books the Queen of Spades has been depicted as a femme fatale, a powerful woman who uses her sexuality and ability to manipulate men. She is often portrayed as mysterious and alluring, a woman who is not afraid to use her charms to get what she wants.

In literature, the Queen of Spades has been portrayed as a complex character, sometimes sympathetic, sometimes cruel, but always alluring. She is also represented as a beautiful and alluring woman who intercourse with black men to extract their vigor through sex. Literally or figuratively suck the life out of her victims with the help of sexual seduction.

Through history the polyandry or group sex was never general, being generally limited to queens and wealthy women; besides, it was usually a matter of will, one woman for several men.

In the United States in the early 1900s, it was first used as a secret code used by women to identify themselves as being open to have sexual encounters with black men. The femme fatale archetype exists in the culture, folklore and myths of many cultures. Ancient mythical or legendary examples include Inanna, Lilith, Circe, Medea, Clytemnestra, Lesbia, Tamamo no Mae, and Visha Kanyas. Historical examples from classical times include Cleopatra and Messalina, as well as the biblical figures Joanna, Delilah, Jezebel, and Salome.

An alpha female is confident in all that she does. A woman exudes a queenly demeanor regardless of who she may encounter. She fixes her crown and never lets herself be degraded. More often she is the gift of black excellence.

All-Powerful Queen

The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess; able to move any number of squares vertically, horizontally or diagonally, combining the power of the rook and bishop.