Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment

About the Deck

(aka Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Pierpont Morgan Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it.

It is estimated to have been produced around 1451 or 1452, possibly for a triumphal event in 1453.

Provenance

Italy, c. 1452.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

Enmity does not last.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

Gifts for a lady, influential protection for a man in search of help.

Reversed

Dealings with rogues.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Friendship, Valour, Firmness, Courage

Reversed

False Friends, Treachery, Lies.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

your heart is set upon money; you will obtain it if you love one person exclusively.