Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment

About the Deck

(aka Cary-Yale Tarot Deck or Visconti di Madrone Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Cary Yale Visconti Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it. Like the other Visconti decks, it features numerous heraldic devices. Unlike the other Visconti decks, it features a maid and a lady among the court cards.

Traditionally said to have been commissioned by Fillipo Maria Visconti for the 1441 marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti to Francesco Sforza I.

Provenance

Italy, c. 1441.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

Certain success.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

A dark child.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

Loss. Thief. Loss recovered. Loss irreparable.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Success, Gain, Advantage, Profit, Victory

Reversed

Indecision, Doubt, Hesitation, Embarrassment, Anxiety.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Trifling financial matters

Reversed

money troubles.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

signifies a secret passion, which you will overcome, however, after a struggle of fourteen days.