This is a rough draft of Chapter 1 in my next book, “The Magical Meanings of Numbers According to the Gurukalehuru”
One is individuality and independence, but one is also loneliness and solitude.
One is represented by the Ace and an Ace, in military aviation, is someone who has shot down 5 or more enemy planes. By extension from that, Ace is just a good nickname for someone who is really good at their profession, an ace reporter or an ace detective, for instance.
An ace in a standard deck of playing cards is usually the top card. To keep an ace up your sleeve, while it may have originally referred to cheating at cards, now means to have something powerful and effective that your opponent, be it in business, sports or love, doesn’t know about. “Cynthia isn’t sure whether she should marry me or not, but I’ve got an ace up my sleeve. Just wait until she sees my cottage by the lake.”
One is also the first, so it is a sign of beginnings, as in “The longest journey begins with a single step.” So, it is no surprise that in Tarot, the Ace is can be read as a card of beginnings, particularly the Ace of Cups and the Ace of Coins. Nobody ever minds hearing that they’re at the beginning of a financial winning streak but their eyes really light up when they hear of an upcoming romance. (Really, unless you are reading the Tarot cards for brutal truth, which I do not recommend, stick with the beginnings theme with the ace of cups. Nobody wants to hear about the solitude and loneliness thing.)
If there is one thing I have learned from my years of reading Tarot, it is this: Everybody loves love.
It also comes as no surprise (getting back to individuality and independence) that Aces are often read as cards of destiny, especially Swords and Staffs. I’m not sure if there’s a connection, but they’re both pretty phallic, also.
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