the ancient wisdom of the cards.
Moorish Playing Card Deck Fragment
From an uncut sheet found in a museum in Barcelona. This deck provides an important link between the Mamluk deck pattern and the Mediterranean deck pattern, because it shares features of both; in general it looks fairly European, but the wands look like Polo Sticks and the Cups still look like Myriads, harking back to Ancient Chinese money-suited cards.
Spain, c. 1414.
Uncertainty.
For a male Querent, a good marriage and one beyond his expectations.
Sorrow; also a serious quarrel.
Fidelity. Lovers. Friendships. Treachery.
The Town wherein one resides, Honour, Consideration, Esteem, Virtue, Glory, Reputation
Combat, Strife, Opposition, Differences, Dispute.
Antidote to bad cards; happiness and success
passing worries.
blessed with offspring; betrothal, merry weddings in the family; fortunate events occur in the family; joyful news; a great prize; a rich inheritance.