Five of Coins Art and Meaning
About the Deck
The oldest complete tarot deck we possess, and one of the only early decks to be fully illustrated.
It is by no means certain, but it has been alleged that the Sola Busca tarot deck was commissioned to honor Alfonso d'Este on the occasion of his wedding to Anna Sforza, granddaughter of Bianca Maria Visconti.
Provenance
Italy, c.1491.
Meaning of Five of Coins from the Sola Busca Tarot Deck
Upright
Financial security. Professional or commercial robustness.
Reversed
Sleeping on the job. Inattention to detail.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Success coming that will balance loss.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Conquest of fortune by reason.
Reversed
Troubles in love.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Lover or Mistress, Love, Sweetness, Affection, Pure and Chaste Love
Reversed
Disgraceful Love, Imprudence, License, Profligacy.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
parents' death will suddenly change your fate. If a man dies whom you first met on a Friday morning, you will have luck in the lottery; but if a woman in black is the first person you meet on a Saturday morning, you will have ill luck in the lottery.