Queen 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-13, queen-of-wands, queen, wands
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Dark woman. A friend. A serious person. A very good counsellor. The mother of a family.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses.
Reversed
Goodwill towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Misfortune. Bad friends. Slander. Loss.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Woman living in the country, Lady of the Manor, Love of Money, Avarice, Usury
Reversed
A good a virtuous Woman, but strict and economical, Obstacles, Resistance, Opposition.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A dark woman, loving but hasty, and bearing no malice
Reversed
harassed by jealousy.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
an hotel, or place of public resort, where you will make an agreeable acquaintance.
