Jack of Hearts

Jack of hearts - meaning

Jack of Hearts means honest, in love young man... This card often heralds a new intimate friendship. As a lover, the Jack of Hearts is often far away, but he is loyal and sincere - would be good material for marriage.

Generally about Jack's card

Jack is a playing card that shows the most common image of a young man, usually a squire, knight or young aristocrat or prince. The jack belongs (next to the king and queen) to the so-called number, where he is the youngest of them. A deck of playing cards consists of four jacks, one of each suit (jack of clubs, jack of diamonds, jack of hearts and jack of spades). Equivalent jack in traditional Polish cards: below.

Jack marking

Depending on the language in which the deck is made, the jack has different markings:

• in the Polish version - W
• in English - J (jack) - the most commonly used designation
• In French - V (cameraman)
• in German and Dutch - B (Bugs, farmer)

Who does Jack represent?

In the English pattern, the jack and other pieces do not represent anyone specific, contrary to historical French practice, which says that each court card represents a specific historical or mythological figure.

Butlers in the Parisian pattern are traditionally associated with figures such as:

• Cyrus the swallow - La hire (French warrior - fought alongside Joan of Arc and Charles VII of Valois during the Hundred Years War)
• Swallow trefl - Lancelot (knight of the round table)
• Swallow's choice - Danish stallion (knight of Charlemagne)
• Swallow with - Hector (mythological hero of the Iliad)