Batons (suit)
Batons is one of the four suits of playing cards in the standard Latin deck along with the suits of Cups, Coins and Swords. Before 1800, French cardmakers, who also made Spanish card games, called them cartes à bâtons. Symbol on Italian pattern cards: Symbol on Spanish pattern cards:
Characteristics[]
In Spanish, the Batons are called bastos; and in Italian, bastoni. In cartomancy and occultist circles, the suit of Batons is usually called Wands.[1]
See also[]
- Spanish playing cards
- Italian playing cards
- Suit of Wands - suit used in divinatory tarot cards
Notes and references[]
- ^ Dummett, Michael. A Wicked Pack of Cards: Origins of the Occult Tarot. Bloomsbury (1996), p. 47.
Categories:
- Card suits
- Card game stubs