Four of Wands 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
wands-4, four-of-wands, four, wands
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Obstacles to be prepared for.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Unexpected good fortune.
Reversed
A married woman will have beautiful children.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Society, Union, Association, Concord, Harmony
Reversed
Prosperity, Success, Happiness, Advantage.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
you will be slandered and deceived, but it will turn out for your advantage. At a certain place there is some one waiting for you – let him not wait in vain.
