Ace of Swords 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
swords-1, ace-of-swords, ace, swords
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Commencement of enmity.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Great prosperity or great misery.
Reversed
Marriage broken off, for a woman, through her own imprudence.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
The inquirer, if male.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
The inquirer, if female.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Triumph, Fecundity, Fertility, Prosperity
Reversed
Embarrassment, Foolish and Hopeless Love, Obstacle, Hindrance.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Emotional enjoyment
Reversed
news of a death, sorrow.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
if you keep it a secret that you dye your hair (or beard) a certain person will bestow his (her) heart upon you.
