Knight of Coins 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
visconti-radiant-sun, visconti-dove, coins-12, knight-of-coins, knight, coins
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A young, fair man. A stranger. An arrival.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
An useful man; useful discoveries.
Reversed
A brave man out of employment.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A useful Man, Trustworthy, Wisdom, Economy, Order, Regulation
Reversed
A brave Man, but out of Employment, Idle, Unemployed, Negligent.
