The queen of spades (Q♠) is a face card in decks of French-suited playing cards and Tarot, depicting a queen of the spades (♠) suit and associated with the Greek goddess Pallas.
In Old Maid, several games of the Hearts family, and some variants of poker, it has a special function.
In the Hearts family of card games, the queen of spades is usually considered an unlucky card; it is the eponym of the Black Maria and Black Lady variants of Hearts.
In cartomancy, the queen of spades is considered to be a sign of intelligence.
It represents a woman who is creative and makes her plans ahead of time.