Its primary signification, when the card is reversed, is that of a _Paul Pry_, or spy, whence we have the secondary ones of inquirer, spectator, watcher, overseer, as well as the result of such a man's investigations. Hence applied more generally, the card signifies scrutiny; examination; reports; remarks; notations, and commentaries. Another secondary signification of this card is _traitor_, from which we readily obtain the following synonyms: Deception; duplicity; stratagem; disguise; prevarication; disloyalty; breach of trust; conspiracy; tale bearing; imposture; black heartedness; perfidy; falsehood; dissimulation and breach of confidence. The card is, moreover, used to forewarn lovers that there is danger of their being pursued in event of elopement. ACE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This card, coming out in natural position, and intervening between the representative cards of a male and female, relates wholly to love affairs. When accompanied by the _ten of spades_ it shows that an intrigue will be accompanied with a deal of sorrow and affliction, and will ultimately end in abandonment under most disastrous circumstances. One of the primary significations of this card is a _paper_ or document, chiefly appertaining to law matters, such as warrants for arrest, writs, subpoenas and legal pleadings. Another is that of a _ship_, or other means of conveyance by water, particularly when accompanied by the _eight of clubs_, reversed, which betokens the consultant to be on the eve of a sea voyage, or other journey over water of some description. ACE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When in the oracle of a married consultant, this card appears reversed, and near to her representative, its primary signification is _pregnancy_, which in her case can be expressed by the following synonyms: Conception; maternity; accouchement; childbirth. From this we derive a secondary signification, applicable to other things, for which we employ correspondent synonyms: Enlargement; engenderment; fecundity; fertilization; production; composition; increase; augmentation; multiplication; deliverance; parturition; growth; addition. When reversed and accompanied by the _knave of clubs_, likewise reversed, this card is a premonitor of _death_. The general secondary signification of this card, when reversed and in the body of the oracle, is a _fall_, whence we have: Decadence; decline; discouragement; dissipation; ravage; ruin; demolition; destruction; bankruptcy; error; fault; overwhelming sorrows; perdition; an abyss; precipice; gulf; waterfall; disgrace; shame. TEN OF SPADES--_Upright._ The general signification of this card is _jealousy_, particularly when accompanied by the _knave of clubs_, which denotes that the consultant, either male or female, is jealous of his or her sweetheart to such a degree that their friendly relations are in danger of being broken off, which will assuredly be the case, if the _nine of spades_ should likewise appear in the oracle.