Topic: Baal Hamon

The figure of Saturn (Kronos) pervades the deck as the Demiurge and the primal creator entity, linked to the Carthaginian deity Baal Hamon and the biblical Moloch. The elite worldview expressed in the deck embraces the Demiurge's worldly rulership rather than seeking escape from it. This suggests a historical basis for claims that the ruling class maintains power through a "deal" with the material creator.

The deck's early history involves Marin Sanuto, a Venetian patrician who may have received the deck as a payoff for betraying Venice to the D'Este family. The imagery on the court cards focuses on the conception of Alexander the Great, specifically his mother's intercourse with the deity Baal Hamon. This links the elite lineage to a "demigod" status and the dark tradition of child sacrifice associated with Moloch.

The trump cards of the Sola Busca deck feature Roman generals involved in the Punic Wars against Carthage. This geographical focus points toward North Africa and the Carthaginian deity Baal Hamon, who was historically associated with child sacrifice. Adams argues that the deck's imagery is a forceful reinforcement of this dark connection, linking the elite lineage to these ancient sacrificial practices.