Four of Swords Tarot Card Meaning and Art Sola Busca Tarot Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Sola Busca Tarot Deck
The oldest complete tarot deck we possess, and one of the only early decks to be fully illustrated.
It is by no means certain, but it has been alleged that the Sola Busca tarot deck was commissioned to honor Alfonso d'Este on the occasion of his wedding to Anna Sforza, granddaughter of Bianca Maria Visconti.
Provenance
Italy, c.1491.
Tags
swords-4, four-of-swords, four, swords
Meaning of Four of Swords from the Sola Busca Tarot Deck
Upright
Restraint of physical passions.
Reversed
Death of passion.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy defeated.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A bad card, but if reversed a qualified success may be expected by wise administration of affairs.
Reversed
A certain success following wise administration.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Solitude, Retreat, Abandonment, Solitary, Hermit
Reversed
Economy, Precaution, Regulation of Expenditure.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
there is among your circle of acquaintances some one who wishes to be united to you in marriage; consent, and you will not repent it.
