8 Reasons Why The Nine Of Diamonds Is Unlucky

The king of hearts is called the suicide king because the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head. The jack of spades and jack of hearts are known as one-eyed jacks because their faces are in profile and only one eye is visible.

But do you know why the nine of diamonds is called the curse of Scotland? Did you even know that it's considered to be the most unlucky card in the deck? How it received its fearsome name though is a source of wild speculation. Here are eight leading theories. Some are more plausible than others, but all of them are highly intriguing.