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Spades (from Greek spatke = sword), the symbol for the next highest suit in the common deck of playing cards. Spades are associated with fighting, destiny, logical thinking, and death. Note that in the ancient tarot or gypsy deck of cards the symbol for the suit corresponding to spades was a pictorial sign for a sword.
Compare with  , one of the signs for cremated in genealogical contexts.
The signs for diamonds and hearts can be looked up via the Word Index, and the sign for the suit of clubs is the second entry above in this group.
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