Books and Beer Playing Cards

About the Deck

Accompanied by morals in Latin and German, this deck features the whimsical suits of Books, Ink Stamps, Beer Glasses, and Wine Jugs.

Provenance

Jost Amman. Germany, 1588.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

A young, fair man. A stranger. An arrival.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

An useful man; useful discoveries.

Reversed

A brave man out of employment.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

A useful Man, Trustworthy, Wisdom, Economy, Order, Regulation

Reversed

A brave Man, but out of Employment, Idle, Unemployed, Negligent.