Knight of Cups Tarot Card Meaning and Art Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment
Designation
About the Deck
Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment
(aka Cary-Yale Tarot Deck or Visconti di Madrone Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Cary Yale Visconti Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it. Like the other Visconti decks, it features numerous heraldic devices. Unlike the other Visconti decks, it features a maid and a lady among the court cards.
Traditionally said to have been commissioned by Fillipo Maria Visconti for the 1441 marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti to Francesco Sforza I.
Provenance
Italy, c. 1441.
Tags
cups-12, knight-of-cups, knight, cups
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Young, fair man. A friend. The lover or the loved one.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A visit from a friend, who will bring unexpected money to the Querent.
Reversed
Irregularity.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Arrival, Approach, Advance
Reversed
Duplicity, Abuse of Confidence, Fraud, Cunning.
