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

Children.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

Of good augury for military men.

Reversed

Good business.

Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings

Good news. Tidings. Letters. Visits

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Victory, Advantage, Success, Triumph, Difficulties surmounted

Reversed

Faults, Errors, Mistakes, Imperfections.

P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

The wish card, good luck

Reversed

short sorrow.

Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings

beautiful wedding gifts; a rich dowry: golden ornaments; a necklace; a diamond right; a gold watch.