#Sola Busca deck

[rhianna]

Mato (0) card from the Sola Busca tarot deck, created in Italy during the late 15th centuryDate1491Sourcehttps://waitesmith.org/index.php/decks/the-sola-busca-deck/AuthorUnknown author

[urmumhaha]

My honeys cat not only picked out the tower he also bit a fucking hole in this man’s head. Direct action

[publicdomainreview]

Considered the oldest complete seventy-eight card tarot deck in existence, the 15th-century Sola Busca — named for the family of Milanese nobles who owned it for some five generations — is also one of the most mysterious: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/sola-busca

[jose92gt]

Yu-Gi-Oh Go Rush 144

Como subordinado de un samurái que perdió a su maestro original.

Otei intenta enviar un cohete a la luna.

No importa si vino del futuro pero viajar al espacio parece algo temerario, Yudias se ha revelado ante Otei y lo desafía busca derrocarlo

Monstruos de diferentes razas y atributos.

Domina completamente y únelos en una sola raza.

¡“OTS (Outerverse)” el deck de Otei tipo galaxia puso bastante contra las cuerdas a Yudias qué resiste

Yudias hace caso omiso a todo lo que dice Otei si ganaba Yudias volverían a la etapa de guerra pese a todas las trampas puestas Yudias pero ritual derrota a Otei, con su victoria se convierte en el nuevo maestro del castillo, dichos cánticos de júbilo le traen recuerdos como hacían su equipo de la nave velgea

[seafoamreadings]

whats a best way to tell if a reading likely has some not so great undertones for instance i might end up searching about a card meaning and it seems positive at first but if paired with a less than positive card im guessing its going to be a less than positive reading?

for instance i asked my question how did someone feel about a certain time in their earlier life and i got the empress so i thought well thats quite a positive start to the reading, then i pulled 6 of wands which seems a little on the sexual side? 5 of swords reversed :c then lastly i pulled the 7 of wands upright. the persons situation im reading on i ask questions about them in a reasonable neutral manner but just feel theres something off about it, them or their situation and experience. ive read on them before and theyve given me the utmost negative readings like sometimes theres zero positive things i can think of or interpret from the cards they give me.

same with a different person who i expected to be somewhat decent but they surprised me especially with the devil card that even other readers have got on the same person. tarot seems scarily accurate too like even the nitty gritty situations even tho i dont know this person that im reading on. do u think the cards i pulled are more positive or negative or in between? thanks v much in advance im still new to tarot reading but it awfully fascinating.

do i have to go with the og meanings of the card or can i say well this card feels like its such and such a feeling... or vibe idek where to begin really ive tried and failed to memorise them but its rather difficult as theres a lot more than i realise to it. ive memorised the different suitors like cups, wands and so on but even so it feels like the individual cards hasnt sunk in my mind yet so i keep having to re remind myself what it actually means or can i make up my own meaning for the card?

ok first i have to tell you......... this comes with practice. experiment with different things in your readings and see what you think.

i will tell you about my experience here. cards like the empress are rarely going to pop up as negative things. maybe sometimes. you can look at it like they bring some positivity to an otherwise negative scenario. the devil for another example CAN be quite negative (compulsions, servitude, being bound to something unhealthy, etc) but can also be positive (if you ignore a certain type of christian influence at least) in the sense that it can mean pleasure, enjoyment of material things and physical form, etc.

you *do not!!!!!!* have to go with the OG meanings of the cards. i would posit there are no OG meanings of the cards even. the golden dawn and crowley had a lot of influence on RWS-based and thoth-based decks. but if you're not a member of the golden dawn or a thelemite, you're not bound to their rules, imo. especially if you are not using *THE* RWS or thoth deck. often creators of more recent decks include booklets with their thoughts for their specific designs. but also there even older decks than RWS or thoth - the visconti-sforza, sola busca, and marseilles, all of which also have fairly distinct interpretations intended in their design.

but i don't think you even need to bother changing the meaning deck by deck. some days, certain symbols will jump out at you more than others. some days you draw the fool and you focus on the word fool and the meaning of being a fool. other times that little dog following him around catches your eye more strongly. that enables you to read intuitively to whatever degree you like.

for a beginner i recommend handling it this way: do learn the "OG" meanings. learn the meanings the artist intended. learn the meanings of the classic decks especially RWS. but it is worth learning all of the old ones i mentioned. this gives you a basic, skeletal structure of symbols to draw from as you grow as a reader. at the same time as you are doing this, be careful to avoid rote memorization or reciting cookbook meanings as you pull cards. look at symbols. feel what reaction happens in your body when you see it. when you feel more comfortable start learning new decks, like if you started with RWS pick up a TdM or a thoth deck for a while.

read a lot. read anything you can about tarot. books, websites, forums, etc.

and also read in the sense of at least draw one card every day while you are learning to get practice and make connections at the end of the day so you can really get the vibes and spend time with the voice of your cards.

so for me at this point i have been reading cards for, i don't know, at least 15 years maybe longer? even if i pick up the plain old faithful RWS deck, which was my first deck, a thoth meaning might occur to me and i don't brush that aside. i assume my brain recalled that for a good reason.

i hope that helps and thank you for the tarot question! i love astrology questions but i rarely get tarot ones :) :)

[thegodthief]

One of these days, I'm gonna get my head wrapped the right way around the Sola Busca Tarot. Today is not that day.

Trying to sit down with that deck is like trying to read a black mirror. It's a game, alright, but I don't know if I'm piece, player, or both.

[grumpy-potat]

Common Tarot Decks History

Tarot has a long history, that is much-contested, built on mystic and controversial origins. Much of it has been embellished to give it an exotic and mystical origin. This has led to many fights about its true history, where decks originate, and who can practice the art of tarot. While some forms of reading tarot are held by certain groups, cartomancy has been around for a long time. Early Tarot originated in modern-day Italy during the Renaissance as a card Game. Modern tarot's There are many styles of decks. The ones you are most likely to encounter are inspired by or are direct reprints or redesigns of The Rider-Waite-Smith Deck, The Thoth Deck, or the Tarot de Marseille deck. While some of the older decks that have been discovered are also in print they are less in use today.

Tarot de Marseille is one of the older decks still regularly used by people. It is the deck that inspired the previous two. Hailing from Marseille, France, we categorize it in two ways. TDM 1 and TDM 2 classify which generation it is from. TDM 2 is the older classification and corresponds with the 18th century and TDM 1 with the 19th. The earliest designs from 1709 were copied to wood blocks and reprinted and sold across the region and into Belgium and Switzerland. This spread created variations and different printings with distinct regional styles. Eventually, it would spread beyond French-speaking regions and across the Channel to England and back down into Italy. It is also important to note that we could potentially find even older decks in the French region. History is not fixed, at one point they found a tarot deck in a well, so this history is always evolving and we are always learning more.

The design of this deck utilizes pips for its suit cards and for its Trumps it names the High Priestess as the Papesse and the Hierophant as the Pope. The Lovers is also changed to the Lover and there are two women on the card that he has to choose from, the Magician is referred to as the Juggler, Death is not named, and the Tower is called the House of God. References to the Pope, The House of God, and a Papesse might have been part of the reason why the church of the time didn't approve of tarot and considered it blasphemous. The deck utilized symbols that would have been well known and made sense to the people of the 18th and 19th centuries where the church was a large part of their lives.

The need to utilize this symbolism held back a lot of early tarot decks as they tried to fit within the confines of Tarot structure. But they were eventually able to break loose from that. Different esoteric movements would come forward. One large one that had a big influence on tarot was the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Their study of many other religious and occult practices integrated many different beliefs, but that is another story for another time. Two of their leaders near the end of its life, Arthur Edward Waite and Aleister Crowley would make some incredibly influential Tarot decks that still dominate today's market.

Rider-Waite-Smith Decks are some of the most popular. Originally published by William Rider & Sons Limited in 1909 and created by two members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, Arthur Edward Waite, and Pamela Colman Smith, it is one of the most influential versions of tarot. The imagery was drawn by Pamela Colman Smith. The deck drew inspiration from historical decks, mainly the Tarot de Marseille (which we discussed earlier) and the Sola Busca deck(An Italian deck from the late 15th century). Unlike the Tarot de Marseille, and much more reminiscent of Sola Busca, Smith drew fully illustrated suit cards. Waite when developing the order and system for his tarot divination also Changed the order and renamed some of the Trump cards from what was in the Tarot de Marseille, more in line with other versions that he would have studied in the Golden Dawn. One of the big changes was the order of Justice and Strength, which he flipped the order of, making Strength #8 and Justice #11. Although in the time they were published, and when Arthur Waite and Pamela Colman Smith died, in 1942 and 1951 respectively Tarot wasn't a popular pastime. It was still mostly relegated to people who were interested in occult practices and sought out esoteric communities and secret societies. Mostly a tradition that would be passed down, but it wouldn't stay that way for long. Soon all that would change when the founder and chairman of US Games Systems, Stuart R. Kaplan, happened upon a deck of tarot cards in the late 60s at a toy fair. He began selling tarot cards in bookstores and writing books on them for the American market and they are still highly regarded to this day. When working on his book Tarot Classic he included the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and its history, which made him seek it out. When he found out it was no longer in print, He was able to negotiate with William Rider & Sons to get the rights to the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and begin publishing them in the United States. By the mid-70s there was an explosion of tarot becoming mainstream and most cards came from US Games Systems.

The Thoth Tarot was developed by Aleister Crowley and painted by Lady Frieda Harris. They worked on the deck during World War Two. Aleister Crowley was also a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn at the same time as Arthur Edward Waite. A fight between the leading members ended up with its dissolution. The art in the cards uses a technique called Projective Synthetic Geometry as taught by Rudolph Steiner. This is very apparent in its suit cards which utilize pips and this art style ties them together quite effectively. The Thoth Deck renames many of the cards. Magus replaces the Magician, Strength is replaced with Lust, Justice is replaced with Adjustment, Temperance is replaced with Art, Judgement is replaced with Aeon, and the world is replaced with Universe. Also, Strength and Justice are put back in the place they were in the Tarot of Marseille. Because of the popularity of Rider-Waite-Smith Decks, by the time Thoth decks were being published, they were more of a niche deck for people with a more esoteric bend. Although They have never been out of print since their initial run in 1969. This deck also utilizes symbols, beliefs, and deities from Aleister Crowley's occult philosophy/religion Thelema. You don't need to be a follower or know about Thelema to use these decks.

Just as the RWS deck and the Thoth deck broke away from the mold of the Tarot de Marseille and started to work within their own modern language and symbolism, today we have decks that are doing the same and speaking to a more modern society. Like the Wild Unknown Tarot, it doesn't rely on more esoteric, kabbalistic, or religious symbolism and utilizes animals and nature for you to connect with, or Clarity Tarot uses minimalist representations and black-and-white line art to deconstruct the meanings found in more traditional decks to create deeper connections between the reader, the deck, and the spiritual energies.

Ultimately, today when we are working with tarot we are doing much of what was being done in the past, trying to get a better understanding of ourselves, our spiritual connections, our relationships, and where we should be going into the future. Tarot is a fun and interesting way to connect ourselves with other people, the past, art, and many different ways of thought using symbolism and different philosophical, spiritual, religious, and psychological techniques.

For some fun, here are some comparisons of the Tarot de Marseille, Rider Waite Smith, and the Thoth deck of The Fool, the Lovers, Death, and the World cards.

You can really see how it is important to connect with the art of your decks.

Links used to write this post

The World of Playing Cards

Early Tarot: Tarot Heritage

Atlas Obscura

Stuart R Kaplan Amazon Author Page

Rider-Waite-Smith Deck: Tarot Heritage

English Occult Tarot: Tarot Heritage

About Our Thoth Inspired Decks Tarot Cart

Labyrinthos tarot deck types

Tarot de Marseille FAQ

Tarot de Marseille

French Occult Tarot: Tarot Heritage

Tarot.com

[infjtarot]

3 of Swords. Golden Art Nouveau Tarot

Three swords piercing a heart: we know what that means. This card reads itself, doesn’t it? This is the card of sorrow and heartbreak, betrayal and disruption. If cards like the Three of Cups and the Three of Pentacles remind us that we never live this life alone, then the Three of Swords recalls our vulnerability. My husband calls this dilemma our fundamental human ailment: “cardiosleeveosis.” We can’t help but wear our hearts on our sleeves. Being human, being together, means that we’re going to get hurt. You’ve been warned! But it’s also important to remember that all interpretations are subjective. The double-edged sword of the mind carves out both shadow and light. When we are absolutely certain that we understand the meaning of a card, any card, we might want to gently poke at our certainty, to flip it over like a very interesting rock on the trail, and to see what the forest may offer us in return—what treasures may lie in the shadow of our own absolute conviction. In this case, it’s important to remember the origins of the Waite-Smith imagery for this card. Pamela Colman Smith evidently found her inspiration in the 1491 Sola-Busca deck, which decorates the Three of Swords’s heart with garlands and fruit. According to Sofia Di Vincenzo, author of the companion book for a 1998 reproduction of the deck, the card’s pierced heart is the Sacred Heart: an image of voluntary sacrifice and triumph. Jesus sheathes our suffering in his own heart, transforming sorrow into bliss. For Di Vincenzo, the Three of Swords thus denotes generosity, serenity, and joy. Sorrow? Joy? Defeat? Victory? At the very least, the Three of Swords invites us to be curious about our own achy-breaky heart. When we bring curiosity to any moment of heartbreak, our vulnerability opens into something else again. Our wounds become portals of truth. The swords of wisdom always cut both ways. Lisa Freinkel Tishman.

[lunadinverno]

Creating a tarot deck !

What is the most intuitive or attractive for you?

First is inspired from Sola Busca and Etteila , second Marseille derived .

Let me know your opinion

First draft 🥰

[garethschweitzer]

15th century Sola Busca, a 78 card tarot deck

[rhianna]

Card from the Sola Busca tarot deck, created in Italy during the late 15th century, housed at the Albertina Museum in Vienna

Unknown author

Public domain

Sola Busca 07 - Deotauro.jpeg 

[shabbydoll]

I used to work at The Met. 

I wrote several blog posts for The Met’s central research library’s blog while I was there. 

I don’t work there anymore but my blog posts were successful enough that they let me write an alumni post. 

That alumni post is on artists + the tarot and is up now. Please check it out here!

I had wanted to include images from Bea Nettles’ Mountain Dream Tarot here, and even got permission from her, but for reasons it didn’t work out. Whether or not you check out the post itself, please check out her work all the same, it’s wonderful. 

[qldqueerboy]

13th of October 2020 I am experimenting with reading the Sola-Busca Tarot The first reading from the LWB coming from the deck states: start of a business venture & must look for a superior hint & to control passions. My interpretation: An opportunity will become available to increase my finances today. Seek spiritual guidance before anything else and finally the requirement to control my eagerness to jump in head first without examining the facts and figures of this opportunity.

[darkpink75]

Hello, I'm Dark Pink and I've made a tumblr to talk about my website that gives Tarot readings. Four public domain decks are available for use, including the Rider-Waite-Coleman deck, the Marseilles deck, the Tarot de Flamand, and the Sola Busca deck. As of this writing there are 19 (Edit: 52) spreads available, and they increase all the time. The website is designed to feel old-school, unique in aesthetic, and relatable, and there are improvements that get added every day as I develop them. I programmed the website from scratch using PHP, and it gets better all the time, so check back often!

[thegodthief]

There are two tarot decks that I have no conscious memory of purchasing but here they are: The Acacia Tarot and the Sola Busca.

The Kickstarter for the Acacia Tarot was joined in a feverish blackout several years ago. I had seen the offer, passed on the cards, went to click on something else but woke up in bed instead. I didn't realize I had joined the Kickstarter until the next day when I received the email announcing the successful funding of the project.

That deck kicked off no few shenanigans when it arrived and eventually became an inspiration for a book.

When the Sola Busca had become available as a limited edition, I had been through some shit and had sworn off "unnecessary purchases". I knew I didn't have the budget nor the space for wild speculation, and I was determined not to let myself get caught up in FOMO. Not to mention, the whole "The Game of Saturn" business was also far outside of my reading and understanding. The last thing I needed was a tarot deck that came with other people's sandbags.

I closed the tab and went to do something else but suddenly I was smelling burning metal and then... Well... Let's just say there was a visitation and leave it at that.

By the time I bothered to check my email later in the day, the order was already set in stone and cancelling wasn't an option. When it arrived, I read the accompanying book cover to cover and poked at the slates cards now and then, but I could never do anything more than look at the images and feel the inside of my scalp turn in uncomfortable ways.

I've low-key been wanting to sell or pass the deck along for some time because I felt really bad about having something (initially) limited in nature but doing nothing with it. But then I remember how it got to me in the first place. Even after last year's challenge to do something with the Sola Busca and the TrueBlack Tarot, I was able to work the TBT into regular rotation at Noxporium, but the Sola Busca defies being used as a mere divination deck.

According to Peter Mark Adam's "The Game of Saturn", the solstices have no small importance to the designer of the Sola Busca. I'm not surprised in the least that even in early May, I was getting poked to use the Sola Busca for something solstice related. The poking just got harder and when @graveyarddirt announced Solstice Squad 2023, the poking became an unbearable itch.

This post isn't an update to Solstice Squad 2023 - Summer.

More of an explanation why when I do post about the matter, why (1) it's not going to make sense and (2) it's going to sound made the fuck up. Granted, I know that 99.9% of what we wooish folk write already falls into both categories, but everything has a limit.

[witchyfashion]

Sola Busca Tarot: Museum Quality Kit

One of the oldest tarot decks ever created, the Sola Busca is known for its alchemical symbolism and for having inspired many of the minor arcana of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. The first entry in Lo Scarabeo's Anima Antiqua (Ancient Soul) series, this deck is now available as a deluxe kit with a guidebook in a premium hardbox. These cards, printed on premium cardstock, have been lovingly printed with great care from originals found in the greatest collections of rare tarot decks. Previously sold as a limited-edition deck, this new museum quality kit enhances the Sola Busca experience by providing the history behind the deck as well as card meanings and spread ideas from Sola Busca expert Paola Gnaccolini.

https://amzn.to/3EJKqmc