kwaw
Thanks for those links Mary.
In The Divinatory Tarot* (Aeon Books, p.6) Papus writes:
quote:
Wand became the Clubs of modern playing-cards, Cups became Hearts, Swords became Spades and Coins became Diamonds.
The descriptions of the cards by Paul Christian used by Papus, together with the (cropped) images from the Tarot Divination are here:
http://green-door.narod.ru/pctarot.html
Kwaw
*The Divinatory Tarot at Google
Ah yes, the Dussere is MUCH better than those with the inclusion of the french suit signs - and my memory wasn't playing tricks on me - there is a version with diamonds on the circle suit - an example of the deck with diamonds instead of clubs on the coins/circles may be seen in the 'Bohemian - Papus set' of a well-known online collection of tarot decks. . .
In The Divinatory Tarot* (Aeon Books, p.6) Papus writes:
quote:
Wand became the Clubs of modern playing-cards, Cups became Hearts, Swords became Spades and Coins became Diamonds.
The descriptions of the cards by Paul Christian used by Papus, together with the (cropped) images from the Tarot Divination are here:
http://green-door.narod.ru/pctarot.html
Kwaw
*The Divinatory Tarot at Google