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Oswald Wirth. Joseph Paul Oswald Wirth (5 August 1860, Brienz, Canton of Bern – 9 March 1943) was a Swiss occultist, artist and author.He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas de Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two Major Arcana. [1]
Always included in tarot decks is one card, the Fool or Excuse, which may be part of the trump suit depending on the game or region. These cards do not have pips or face cards like the other suits. Most tarot decks used for games come with French suits but Italian suits are still used in Piedmont, Bologna, and pockets of Switzerland.
Like the other tarot suits, it contains fourteen cards: ace (one), two through ten, page, knight, queen and king. Occultists claim that the suit represents the Second Estate (The Nobles) . While tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games , [ 1 ] in English -speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown ...
Ace of Cups: The ace of a given suit represents its symbolism in a potent and fresh state. Therefore, the Ace of Cups symbolically represents a strong presence of emotion or spirituality. Two of Cups: The two of a given suit typically indicates a duality. The Two of Cups typically depicts a pledge between two people, symbolising an emotional ...
The suit of coins is one of the four suits used in tarot decks with Latin-suited cards.It is derived from the suit of coins in Italian and Spanish card playing packs. In occult uses of tarot, Coins is considered part of the "Minor Arcana", and may alternately be known as the suit of pentacles, though this has no basis in its original use for card games. [1]
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Four aces from a standard 52-card deck. An ace is a playing card, die or domino with a single pip.In the standard French deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or a club) located in the middle of the card, sometimes large and decorated, especially in the case of the ace of spades.
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