how can a particle can have a spin of 2

Question

i have seen some analogies of spin using playing cards but i am struggling to grasp the concept due to this making no sense in terms of playing cards

Answer 1

I hear that analogy too. Spin 0: any rotation left the "object" invariant, like a circle who rotates. Spin 1/2: half rotation to het the initial state of the object, and here we are: any figure of the playing card "has spin 1/2".

Spin 1: any non figure card, like who knows, the ace of clubs. One integer rotation to get is as it was initially.

Spin 2: no example in playing cards. But you may think about the Moebius strip. You have to make 2 rounds to get back to the initial state/position. This is the best analogy for spin 2.

Now we should have to find an analogy for spin 3/2 :D