Swiss 1JJ Tarot


The Swiss 1JJ Tarot deck is a 78-card deck used for the tarot card games Troccas and Troggu and also for divination.

History

The deck is derived from the Tarot de Besançon, which itself comes from the Tarot of Marseilles. It is an Italian suited pack which substitutes the figures of Juno and Jupiter in place of the Popess and Pope of the Tarot of Marseilles. The first version was produced between 1831 and 1838 in the card factory of Johann Georg Rauch. It was the first tarot pack made by the factory and was unexpectedly successful in the American market. The first version was manufactured, unaltered, by his successor, Johannes Müller in Diessenhofen until 1860.
In 1965 the Swiss card game firm, AGMüller, issued a reprint which is distinguished by its cleaner lines. The pack owes its name to this edition, the "1" simply being a number within the product line and "JJ" the replacement of 2 trumps by Juno and Jupiter.

Cards

The face cards are not double-headed and both the trumps and pip cards use additive Roman numeral indexing. The lack of modern features like vertically symmetrical face cards, corner indices, and Arabic numerals has made this deck unpopular for tarot players outside of their native communities. For example, the French-speaking Swiss prefer using the Tarot Nouveau to play French tarot. It is still the official deck for Troccas tournaments.
Troccas players use the French-language version but refer to their cards with their Romansh nicknames. Troggu players use the German version. The English version uses cartomantic terminology. The names of the trump cards are as follows:
NumberFrench/German/English CaptionRhæto-Romanic NameEnglish Translation
ILe Bateleur/Der Magier/The Magicianil bagatthe pagat
IIJunonla gaglina, la biuathe chicken, the chicken
IIIL'Impératrice/Die Herrscherin/The Empressl'imperaturathe empress
IIIIL'Empéreur/Der Herrscher/The Emperorigl imperaturthe emperor
VJupiteril da Cuoz, il Diu faulsthe man from Cuoz, the false God
VIL'Amoureux/Die Liebenden/The Loversils inamuraithe lovers
VIILe Chariot/Der Wagen/The Chariotil carr, la Catrina en crotschathe carriage, Catherine's chariot
VIIILa Justice/Gerechtigkeit/Justicela giustia, la staderaJustice, the scales
VIIIIL'Ermite/Der Eremit/The Hermitil paderthe monk
XLa Roue de Fortune/Rad des Schicksals/Wheel of Fortunela roda dalla fortuna, la ventirathe wheel of Fortune, fortune
XILa Force/Kraft/Strengthla forzastrength
XIILe Pendu/Der Gehängte/The Hanged Manil pendiuthe hanged man
XIIILa Mort/Der Tod/Deathla mortdeath
XIIIITempérance/Die Mässigkeit/Temperancela tempronza, igl aunghelTemperance, the angel
XVLe Diable/Der Teufel/The Devilil giavel, il da cornas, il naucli, il bab dallas femnasthe devil, the one with the horns, the Evil One, the Father of Women
XVILa Maison de Dieu/Der Turm/The Towerla casa da Diu, il tiaratriembel, il cametg, la Cadi, la claustra barschadathe house of God, the earthquake, lightning, the Church, the burning monastery
XVIIL'Étoile/Der Stern/The Starlas steilasthe stars
XVIIILa Lune/Der Mond/The Moonla glinathe moon
XVIIIILe Soleil/Die Sonne/The Sunil suleglthe sun
XXLe Jugement/Gericht/Judgmentla dertgira, ils bluts, la giuventetgna Judgement, the naked ones, youth
XXILe Monde/Die Welt/The Worldil mund, la vaca, la biala, il min, il miau, la fermathe world, the cow, beauty, the cat, the cat, beauty