Seven 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-7, seven-of-swords, seven, swords
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Enemy successful.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Dark girl; a good card; it promises a country life after a competence has been secured.
Reversed
Good advice, probably neglected.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Good news. A letter from a distance. Bad news. An invitation.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Hope, Confidence, Desire, Attempt, Wish
Reversed
Wise Advice, Good Counsel, Wisdom, Prudence, Circumspection.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Everyday worries, or a resolve taken
Reversed
silly stratagems in love-making.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
by means of a lost letter a secret will be revealed, and this will cause much sorrow; an officer will restore the letter, and all will end well.
