# Swiss Tarot

The Swiss Tarot deck is a 78-card deck used for the tarot card games Troccas and Troggu. It is also sometimes called the JJ Tarot due to the replacement of the usual second and fifth trumps with cards depicting Juno and Jupiter, or as 1JJ Tarot in reference to the catalog number of a common release of the deck by A.G. Müller.

## 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, A.G. Müller, issued a reprint which is distinguished by its cleaner lines. The alternative name for the pack comes from this edition, the "1" simply being a number within the product line and "JJ" the replacement of 2 trumps by Juno and Jupiter (see below).

## 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 (Romands) 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 (Rhæto-Romanic) nicknames. Troggu players use the German version. The names of the trump cards are as follows:

### Trump Cards (Trümpfe)

1JJ pattern :
| | | French | German | English | Name(s) | Translation |
| number | 0 | Le Mat | Der Narr | The Fool | il matto | The Fool |
| number | I | Le Bateleur | Der Magier | The Magician | il bagat | the shell game player |
| number | II | Junon | Junon | Junon | la gaglinala biua | the chickenthe chicken (baby-talk) |
| number | III | L'Impératrice | Die Herrscherin | The Empress | l'imperatura | the empress |
| number | IIII | L'Empereur | Der Herrscher | The Emperor | igl imperatur | the emperor |
| number | V | Jupiter | Jupiter | Jupiter | il da Cuozil Diu fauls | the man from Cuoz (a suburb of Disentis)the false God |
| number | VI | L'Amoureux | Die Liebenden | The Lovers | ils inamurai | the lovers |
| number | VII | Le Chariot | Der Wagen | The Chariot | il carrla Catrina en crotscha | the carriageCatherine's chariot |
| number | VIII | La Justice | Gerechtigkeit | Justice | la giustiala stadera | Justicethe scales |
| number | VIIII | L'Ermite | Der Eremit | The Hermit | il pader | the monk |
| number | X | La Roue de Fortune | Rad des Schicksals | Wheel of Fortune | la roda dalla fortunala ventira | the wheel of Fortunefortune |
| number | XI | La Force | Kraft | Strength | la forza | strength |
| number | XII | Le Pendu | Der Gehängte | The Hanged Man | il pendiu | the hanged man |
| number | XIII | La Mort | Der Tod | Death | la mort | death |
| number | XIIII | Tempérance | Die Mässigkeit | Temperance | la tempronzaigl aunghel | Temperancethe angel |
| number | XV | Le Diable | Der Teufel | The Devil | il giavelil da cornasil naucliil bab dallas femnas | the devilthe one with the hornsthe Evil Onethe Father of Women |
| number | XVI | La Maison de Dieu | Der Turm | The Tower | la casa da Diuil tiaratriembelil cametgla Cadila claustra barschada | the house of Godthe earthquakelightningthe Churchthe burning monastery |
| number | XVII | L'Étoile | Der Stern | The Star | las steilas | the stars |
| number | XVIII | La Lune | Der Mond | The Moon | la glina | the moon |
| number | XVIIII | Le Soleil | Die Sonne | The Sun | il sulegl | the sun |
| number | XX | Le Jugement | Gericht | Judgment | la dertgirails blutsla giuventetgna | (divine) Judgementthe naked onesyouth |
| number | XXI | Le Monde | Die Welt | The World | il mundla vacala bialail minil miaula ferma | the worldthe cowbeautythe cat (baby-talk)the catbeauty |

### Suit Cards

* SuitNumber
* Ace
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 10
* Page
* Knight
* Queen
* King

## Footnotes

* ↑ "Swiss Tarot" is the name recommended by the International Playing-Card Society.