This series of cards represents the right of the strong over the weak, your career, and the wars you will wage throughout your entire life! There are 9 cards to discover here: The 5 of Clubs, 2 of Spades, 6 of Clubs, 6 of Spades, 10 of Clubs, 8 of Spades, Jack of Diamonds, 9 of Spades, and Queen of Diamonds.
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The 5 of Clubs
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Mainly negative
- Description: Paris flees with Helen (wife of Menelaus).
- Flower: Lime blossom (regret & remorse)
- Constellation: Psalterium Georgii (George's Harp)
- Numerical Value: 06
The 2 of Spades
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Mainly negative
- Description: The Greeks consult Calchas to learn the outcome of their expedition.
- Flower: Redcurrant (difficulty, confusion)
- Main Star: Castor
- Numerical Value: 09
The 6 of Clubs
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Variable
- Description: Paris and Menelaus face each other before they duel.
- Flower: Geranium (ruse)
- Main Star: Arcturus
- Numerical Value: 28
The 6 of Spades
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Negative
- Description: The Trojan Horse enters the city through its gates.
- Flower: Poppy (sleep)
- Constellation: Serpens, the Serpent
- Numerical Value: 11
The 10 of Clubs
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Mainly positive
- Description: Ulysses and Diomedes cross the Trojan camp.
- Flower: Tobacco (courage)
- Constellation: Monoceros, the Unicorn
- Numerical Value: 08
The 8 of Spades
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Negative
- Description: The victorious Achilles drags Hector's corpse.
- Flower: Wild Orchid (tears & melancholy, nostalgia)
- Main Star: Algol
- Numerical Value: 19
The Jack of Diamonds
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Positive
- Description: Ulysses fails to recognise Achilles disguised as a girl, in the Palace of Lycomedes.
- Flower: Balsam (impatience)
- Constellation: Malus, the Ship's Mast
- Numerical Value: 06
The 9 of Spades
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Variable (dependent on neighbouring cards)
- Description: Helen is surrounded by her court, awaiting the outcome of a conflict.
- Flower: Cornflower (worry, torment)
- Main Star : Alpha Arietis
- Numerical Value: 03
The Queen of Diamonds
- Group: The Trojan War
- Effect: : Mainly negative
- Description: Furious at not having been invited to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris throws an apple with the words, "for the most beautiful".
- Flower: Daffodil (passion)
- Constellation: Draco
- Numerical Value: 08
