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

Young, fair man. A friend. The lover or the loved one.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

A visit from a friend, who will bring unexpected money to the Querent.

Reversed

Irregularity.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Arrival, Approach, Advance

Reversed

Duplicity, Abuse of Confidence, Fraud, Cunning.