Five of Books Art and Meaning Books and Beer Playing Cards Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Books and Beer Playing Cards
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.
Tags
books-5, five-of-swords, five, books
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy triumphs at last moment.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
An attack on the fortune of the Querent.
Reversed
A sign of sorrow and mourning.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Mourning, Sadness, Affliction
Reversed
Losses Trouble (same signification, whether reversed or not.)
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
you will have sleepless nights from joy. If you drink a glass of water every morning, fasting, you will obtain your wish. Great things are at hand; a time of trial will come, but if you lose not courae, the worst will soon be over.
