Card 11

The Whip

Le Fouet

Original French

La verge signifie Au mari zizanie, À l’épouse des soucis, Des chagrins, le ciel gris.

English

The rod signifies discord for the husband; for the wife, worries, sorrows, and a gray sky.

The reading carried by the verse

The whip brings conflict into the household: quarrels, worry, and the gray weather of repeated hurt.

Which conflict keeps repeating because its source remains untouched?

Translator's note: “À l’épouse des soucis” is clearly visible on the scan and corrects the earlier “des cœurs.”