Ancient Meanings of Pips

[annika334]

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There are still not so many people in Italy reading tarot for guidance. Expecially old people read tarot just for divination, and it works!

Spades

Asso di spade (Ace of Spades)
Upright: ECCESS, violence, aggressiveness, uncontrolled feeling
Reversed: PREGNANCY, fertility, abundance, enlargement

Due di spade (2 of Spades)
Upright: FRIENDSHIP, tenderness, good friends
Reversed: FALSENESS, lie, cunning, shrewdness

Tre di spade ( 3 of Spades)
Upright: SEPARATION, division, absence, break
Reversed: ERROR, ruin, madness, inattention

Quattro di spade (4 of Spades)
Upright: SOLITUDE, depression, hermitage, reclusion, loneliness
Reversed: ECONOMY, savings, frugality, good administration

Cinque di spade (5 of Spades)
Upright: LOSS, theft, shame, dishonour, corruption, lost of something valuable, corruption
Reversed: MOURNING, funeral, death, sorrow, sadness, regret

Sei di spade (6 of Spades)
Upright: TRAVEL, road, trip, vehicle, movement, news, messenger, walk
Reversed: STATEMENT, declaration, confession, publication, fame, denounciation, revelation

Sette di spade (7 of Spades)
Upright: HOPE, desire, will, waiting time, wish, faith
Reversed: WISE ADVICE, council, useful information, hints

Otto di spade (8 of Spades)
Upright: DISAPPROVAL, censure, blame, exam, control, analysis, gossip
Reversed: ACCIDENT, crash, misfortune, obstacles, destiny

Nove di spade (9 of Spades)
Upright: UNMARRIED PERSON, priest, concern, chastity, church, cloistered life, anxiety
Reversed: SUSPECT, justifiable doubts, shame, shyness, scruples, ambiguity

Dieci di spade (10 of Spades)
Upright: TEARS, pain, sadness
Reversed: GAIN, earnings, win, success but only for a short time, improvement

Fante di spade (Page of Spades)
Upright: INDISCRETION, spy, control, curiosity, false friend
Reversed: UNEXPECTED EVENT, somebody or something you'd better mistrust, helplessness

Cavaliere di spade (Knight of Spades)
Upright: BOLDNESS, initiative, a soldier or policeman, will, sport event, challenge, war, anger
Reversed: INCOMPETENCE, ignorance, arrogance, impatience

Regina di spade (Queen of Spades)
Upright: PRIVATION / WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR, widow, sterility, poverty, lack of feeling
Reversed: WICKEDNESS, malice, hypocrisy, envy, arguments

Re di spade (King of Spades)
Upright: MAN OF LAW / MAN WITH DARK HAIR, authority, lawyer, doctor, important person
Reversed: CRUELTY, egoism, hatred, merciless man, swindle

 

[annika334]

Asso di denari (Ace of Pentacles)
Upright: HAPPINESS, good luck, harmony.
Reversed: WEALTH, treasure, something rare, richness, money.

Due di denari (2 of Pentacles )
Upright: EMBARASSMENT, confusion, emotion, delays, fears, obstacles
Reversed: LETTER, documents, literature, diary, journalism, e-mail, sentence, every kind of written text

Tre di denari ( 3 of Pentacles )
Upright: NOBILITY or FAME, VIP, elegance, culture, good manners
Reversed: MEDIOCRITY, something little, inferiority, childish, child, weakness, humbleness, modesty

Quattro di denari (4 of Pentacles )
Upright: GIFT, present, earnings, good advice, precious stone, unselfishness, surprise
Reversed: WALL, imprisonement, obstacles, enclosure, delay, resistance, need to defend oneself

Cinque di denari (5 of Pentacles)
Upright: LOVERS, affair, tenderness, but sometimes the Querent's wife/husband or marriage
Reversed: CONFUSION, divorce, separation, licentiousness, excitement, agitation, unrest

Sei di denari (6 of Pentacles)
Upright: PRESENT or GENEROSITY
Reversed: DELUSION or AMBITION, egoism, envy, greed, jealousy, lust

Sette di denari (7 of Pentacles)
Upright: MONEY, jewels, richness, earnings, innocence
Reversed: ANXIETY, concern, suspects

Otto di denari (8 of Pentacles)
Upright: GIRL WITH DARK HAIR, sincerity, cordiality, hospitality
Reversed: GREED, usury, lust, interests, vanity

Nove di denari (9 of Pentacles)
Upright: SUCCESS, making something real, consequence
Reversed: DECEIT, dishonesty, excess of trust, disloyalty

Dieci di denari (10 of Pentacles)
Upright: HOUSE, home, family, inheritance, race, origin, building in general (hotel, museum, library, etc.), ship, shelter
Reversed: GAME, luck, destiny, opportunity, gamble, risky earnings

Fante di denari (Page of Pentacles)
Upright: YOUNG MAN OR TEEN WITH DARK HAIR or YOUNG ENTERPRISING MAN, apprenticeship, diligence, enthusiasm
Reversed: PRODIGALITY, generosity, wastefulness, waste, luxuries

Cavaliere di denari (Knight of Pentacles)
Upright: PROFITS or RESPONSIBLE PERSON, earnings, advantages, interests, hard-working person, materialism, concreteness
Reversed: INACTIVITY, idleness, rest, apathy, neglicence, untideness, lack of motivation

Regina di denari (Queen of Pentacles)
Upright: RICH WOMAN or WOMAN WITH DARK HAIR, elegance, wealth, generosity, woman who is older than the Querent, believes in herself.
Reversed: UNCERTAINTY or GREEDY WOMAN, hesitation, doubts, fears, anxiety, lust, licentiousness.

Re di denari (King of Pentacles)
Upright: RICH MAN or BUSINESS MAN, man with dark hair, professor, manager, man who is older than the Querent.
Reversed: CORRUPTION, vice, egoism, weakness, corrupted man, perversion.


The Trumps have the usual meanings.

 

[BonJour]

I have lately come across the site http://www.hedgewytchery.com/cartomancy.html where they offer a ‘gypsy’ way of interpreting the pips.Their information is divided into three groups according to the level of difficulty and though they speak about ‘hearts’,’spades’,..and so on,(like the Cartomancy)I’m thinking of the possibility of combining both ways of interpretation to predict the future on the ‘lowest’ everyday level.

 

[annika334]

Hi Bonjour,

I know this site and I use their meanings for playing cards. A friend of mine has a book from Leo Martello about Tarot and the meanings are very similar to those by hedgewytchery.
She uses therefore the same meanings for Tarot and playing cards.

annika