Six of Swords Tarot Card Meaning and Art Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment
Designation
About the Deck
Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment
(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.
Tags
swords-6, six-of-swords, six, swords
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy powerless.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
The voyage will be pleasant.
Reversed
Unfavourable issue of lawsuit.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Long life. Sad life. Sickness. Death.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Envoy, Messenger, Voyage, Travel
Reversed
Declaration, Love proposed, Revelation, Surprise.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
if the person who inquires of the cards imparts what he has upon his mind to the one who is sitting next him, his wish will be fulfilled.
