Ten of Swords Art and Meaning
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
Uncertainty in the hatred.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Followed by Ace and King, imprisonment; for girl or wife, treason on the part of friends.
Reversed
Victory and consequent fortune for a soldier in war.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Inherited wealth. Business. Fortune. Journey on account of business. Travel.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Tears, Affliction, Grief, Sorrow
Reversed
Passing Success, Momentary Advantage.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Grief, loss of freedom
Reversed
passing trouble or illness.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
good fortune in marriage; ill fortune at the gaming table. You will lose much money at gaming; at last you will give up the practice, and in ripe old age you will be blessed by the birth of a daughter, whom you will name Fortuna.