Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment

About the Deck

(aka Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Pierpont Morgan Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it.

It is estimated to have been produced around 1451 or 1452, possibly for a triumphal event in 1453.

Provenance

Italy, c. 1452.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

Partial success. Great loss of money at last moment.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

A young man in business who has relations with the Querent; a dark girl.

Reversed

The Querent will be compromised in a matter of money-lending.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

Invitations. A love affair. Pleasure for the beloved. A love affair in the family.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

A dark Girl, Beauty, Candour, Chastity, Innocence, Modesty

Reversed

Flattery, Usury, Hypocrisy, Shifty.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Love passages

Reversed

blighted affections.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

what you dream on the night between Friday and Saturday, will come out true. If you do the contrary to that which some one whispers in your ear, you will have good luck. This card also signifies the prosperous course of any business undertaking; a bountiful harvest, and a fruitful marriage.