King of Wands Art and Meaning Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment
(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.
Tags
wands-14, king-of-wands, king, wands
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A dark man. A friend. Generally married. The father of a family.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Generally favourable may signify a good marriage.
Reversed
Advice that should be followed.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Trouble. Happiness. Disaster to friends. Good news of friends.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Man living in the country, Country Gentleman, Knowledge, Education
Reversed
A naturally good but severe man, Counsel, Advice, Deliberation.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A dark man, warm-hearted and true as a friend, straight in his dealings
Reversed
good intentions frustrated.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
vexation, quarrels, strife – a duel – murder and bloodshed, of which, however, the person inquiring of the cards is innocent. This card signifies also an age of eighty years and upward.
