Face Cards
The face cards are Jacks, Queens and Kings. These cards usually represent people surrounding or influencing your question. In most playing card decks, the face cards actually face to the right or to the left. This directional clue can help you to determine the personality or concerns of the person represented by the card.
Here's an example where the King of Hearts is facing the 2 of Spades: This may signify that a man surrounding the questioner (perhaps the questioner's husband, father or someone having an emotional connection to the questioner) is feeling indecisive and doubtful. Or, as a significator, it may reflect a male questioner with concerns about love who is not seeing things clearly or is indecisive in a relationship.
For detailed card descriptions for each suit, click on the highlighted title.
Jack
Represents youth and youthful attitudes. They can represent people of either sex that are younger or less experienced than the questioner. Jacks also relate to issues of movement and change. Like children, they are restless and have a need to travel and explore. They are gaining experience and maturity and cannot be counted on to commit to anything or anyone but themselves. They tend to browse through life, stay neutral and seem unable to make decisions. Yet there is a stubbornness and tenacity about them. Jacks can also represent thoughts when they are in readings with Queens and Kings of the same suit.
Queen
Represents women and issues of nurturing or cultivating traits and projects. Queens often represent the growth stage of any project or goal and relate to helpful people that can assist the questioner. Queens react to external impulses. They judge them and based on that judgement, either cherish or reject them. They are therefore good arbitrators and mediators. Queens also represent nurturing our inner qualities of introspection and intuition.
King
Represents men and issues of authority and control. Kings also stand for the endpoint of a project or goal, and reveal successful endeavors. Kings are often considered aggressive-natured and outgoing, but unlike the Jacks, they have matured and have gained ample experience along the way. Kings tend to display little emotion and view life from a particularly practical standpoint, regardless of thie suit.