The other primary signification of this card is _tears_, whence we derive a series of secondary significations, as: Sighs; groans; weeping; complaints; lamentations; griefs; sadness; heart-sickness; affliction; mental agony. TEN OF SPADES--_Reversed._ This card, emerging reversed, has, for a general signification, a _loss_, either moral or physical, as the surrounding cards designate. Thus, with the _nine of hearts_ intervening between the consultant and this card, it announces that he or she will lose a situation or employment. When it comes preceded by the _ten of clubs_, it betokens the loss of money or valuables. Should the consultant be an unmarried female, and this card comes out reversed near to a knave, likewise reversed, it foretells the ruin of her reputation through calumny. But if in place of one of the knaves the _seven of clubs_ should appear, the loss of her character will be brought about through some indiscretion. Another primary signification of this is _the evening_, as a designation of points of time; still this general term of night has given rise to the application of important secondary significations, of which the sense can be taken from the synonyms: Shades; obscurely; nocturnal; mysterious; secret; masked; concealed; undiscovered; clandestine; occult; veiled; allegorical; hidden meaning; in secrecy; obscure hints; double meaning; on the sly; to conceal from sight; nocturnal meetings. NINE OF SPADES--_Upright._ This is justly regarded to be the most unfortunate card in the pack, as it portends maladies, malignant diseases, family dissensions, defeat in enterprises, constant disappointment, and even death. The primary significations of this card, when in its natural position, are a _priest_, _mourning_ and _disappointment_. The secondary significations, derived from these sources, are: From the _priest_: Pastor; church; church services; ritual; sanctity; piety; devotion; religious ceremonies; celibacy. From _mourning_: Regret; desolation; affliction; sadness; sorrow; calamity; grief; heart-pain; funeral; burial; tomb; grave; church-yard; loss of relatives; wailing. From _disappointment_: Obstacles; hindrance; delay; disadvantage; contrarieties; misfortunes; suffering. NINE OF SPADES--_Reversed._ When this card appears in the oracle reversed its evil influence is augmented two-fold, although its primary significations are modestly expressed as _failure_, _abandonment_ and _delay_. The secondary significations are of the most disastrous character. The synonyms employed for these terms, in this instance, are: Misery; indigence; famine; necessity; need; poverty; adversity; misfortune; deep affliction; disagreements; correction; chastisement; punishment; reverses; disgrace; imprisonment; detention; arrest; captivity. But when this card, reversed, comes before the consultant and the _eight of spades_, in the same oracle, it signifies _mortality_, with the following synonyms: