Rusty Neon
Traditional French & Italian Divinatory Meanings for the Numbered Minor Arcana Cards
My question relates to the (pre-Etteilla, non-Etteilla, non-occultist) traditional 'fortune-telling' divinatory meanings from France and Italy for playing cards and for the numbered minor arcana of the Tarot. Those tarot and playing card divinatory meanings often appear to have no correlation to numerology, nor to the number or suit of the card. Nor do those tarot divinatory meanings appear to have any correlation to the correspondingly numbered tarot trump card.
I was wondering what tarot and playing card historians have theorized as being the rationale / explanation for such traditional divinatory meanings that seem to have no correlation with numerology, number, suit or trump card. In other words, what is the basis for those divinatory meanings if it's not numerology, number, suit or trump card?
Thanks in advance!
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Edited to add clarifying text in bold.
My question relates to the (pre-Etteilla, non-Etteilla, non-occultist) traditional 'fortune-telling' divinatory meanings from France and Italy for playing cards and for the numbered minor arcana of the Tarot. Those tarot and playing card divinatory meanings often appear to have no correlation to numerology, nor to the number or suit of the card. Nor do those tarot divinatory meanings appear to have any correlation to the correspondingly numbered tarot trump card.
I was wondering what tarot and playing card historians have theorized as being the rationale / explanation for such traditional divinatory meanings that seem to have no correlation with numerology, number, suit or trump card. In other words, what is the basis for those divinatory meanings if it's not numerology, number, suit or trump card?
Thanks in advance!
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Edited to add clarifying text in bold.