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

A durable fortune.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Prompt fulfillment of what is presaged by neighbouring cards. Reversed:Vain hopes.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

Illness. Sorrow. Accidents. Danger.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Discretion, Circumspection, Prudence, Discernment

Reversed

Deceit, Bad faith, Artifices, Deception.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Vexation, hindrances

Reversed

domestic wrangling, or disagreement between lovers.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

a lady (a gentleman) will love you ardently so long as you have rosy cheeks; when the color fads, her (his) love will fade also.