Eight 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-8, eight-of-wands, eight, wands
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Partial success.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Domestic disputes for a married person.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Friendship. Faithful lover. Powerful enemy. Enemy overcome.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Understanding, Observation, Direction
Reversed
Quarrels, Intestine disputes, Discord.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Love of a dark man or woman which, if accepted and reciprocated, will bring joy and well-being
Reversed
an unworthy affection calculated to cause trouble.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
fortunate result of unremitting exertions.
