Eight 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-8, eight-of-swords, eight, swords
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy only partially successful.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
For a woman, scandal spread in her respect.
Reversed
Departure of a relative.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Social position. Constant love. Unimportant position. Bad companions.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Sickness, Calumny, Criticism, Blame
Reversed
Treachery in the Past, Event, Accident, Remarkable Incident.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Coming illness
Reversed
an engagement cancelled or a rejected proposal, dissipation.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
the goal which you strive to reach is very near; an event may happen at any moment which will lead you to it at once.
