Antique Chess III by Ethan Harper @ Art.com
In a game of chess the queen, or vizier, is the spirit, the Mover at Will, the moon (Cooper). Following is a queenly list.
Queen of clubs – the idea of soul
Queen of hearts – model of soul
Queen of spades – processes requisite to the manifestation of soul
Queen of diamonds – actualized manifestation of soul
Queen Mab – English Queen of the fairies
Queen Mother – widow of a king, mother of his reining heir
Queen of Heaven – Isis, principal goddess of the Egyptian pantheon; Hera, Greek queen of heaven; Astarte, Phoenician great-mother; Juno, ancient Etruscan great-mother
Queen of love – the fertility mother; Aphrodite; Astarte; Benten, one of the Shichi Fukujin, the seven deities of happiness; Sarasvati, Hindu river goddess, source of the Japanese Benten; Venus
Queen of Sheba – great woman dignitary; a haughty woman; called on Solomon to impress him with her wealth, he was so taken with her she became his wife; called Balkis by the Arabs
Queen of the May – “a village lass who presides over the May Day festivities. She symbolizes the spring maid“ (Jobes, pg. 1131)
Queen of Virtue – a symbol of poverty in the Christian tradition
Queen’s rocket – a plant; in the language of flowers - the queen of coquettes
To the queen’s taste – “Equal to the most discriminating requirements“ (Jobes, pg. 1312)
The White Rose of alchemy – the queen, whose sceptered power is secondary to that of her consort and opposite, the king
For references see Bibliography post