Early German Stenciled Playing Card Deck Fragment

About the Deck

Provenance

Germany, before 1500

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

A durable fortune.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Prompt fulfillment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed:Vain hopes.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

Illness. Sorrow. Accidents. Danger.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Discretion, Circumspection, Prudence, Discernment

Reversed

Deceit, Bad faith, Artifices, Deception.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Vexation, hindrances

Reversed

domestic wrangling, or disagreement between lovers.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

a lady (a gentleman) will love you ardently so long as you have rosy cheeks; when the color fads, her (his) love will fade also.