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

Obstacles overcome.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

Generally favourable; a happy marriage; also patrimony, legacies, gifts, success in enterprise.

Reversed

Return of some relative who has not been seen for long.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Union, Junction, Marriage, Inheritance

Reversed

Arrival, Return, News, Surprise, False projects.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

an intimate friend aims at disturbing your domestic happiness, but is foiled.