Wands - Minor Arcana
Wands - Minor Arcana
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Wands - Minor Arcana
 Normal - Optimism and invention Reversed - Creative block and delays Keywords - fertility, progress, creation, beginning, birth, invention, start of an undertaking, fortune, enterprise, gain, inheritance, expansion Two of Wands  Normal - Balanced enterprise and power Reversed - Partnership problems Keywords - mature individual, ruler, attainment of goals and needs Three of Wands  Normal - Opportunities and success Reversed - Lost opportunity Keywords - practical knowledge, business acumen, strength, enterprise, negotiations Four of Wands  Normal - Harvest and prosperity Reversed - Delayed success Keywords - romance, society, harmony, newly acquired prosperity, peace, tranquillity Five of Wands  Normal - War games Reversed - Disputes Keywords - unsatisfied desires, struggle, labour, endeavours Six of Wands  Normal - Victory Reversed - Trouble at work Keywords - conquest, triumph, good news, gain, advancement, expectation Seven of Wands  Normal - Stand up for your rights Reversed - He who hesitates is lost Keywords - success, gain, overcoming obstacles and challenges, surmounting overwhelming odds, advantage Eight of Wands  Normal - Fast-expanding horizons Reversed - More haste less speed Keywords - swift activity, sudden progress or movement, speed, hastily made decisions Nine of Wands  Normal - Strength and prudence Reversed - Loss of strength Keywords - expectation of difficulties and change, awaiting tribulation, hidden enemies, discipline Ten of Wands  Normal - Ambitious burdens Reversed - Welcome responsibilities Keywords - overburdened, excessive pressures, problems soon to be resolved, striving to meet a goal or to maintain a certain level or position Page/Princess/Maiden of Wands  Normal - Feeling more creative Reversed - Disrupted communication Abstract - Opening up Keywords - a messenger or bearer of unusual news, a faithful and loyal person, envoy, emissary, entrusted friend, a stranger with good intentions, indecision, reluctance, instability, gossip, bearer of bad tidings, displeasure Knight/Prince of Wands  Normal - Impetuous energy Reversed - Untrustworthy Abstract - Activity Keywords - in a hurry and indicates change, departure, journey, advancement into the unknown, alteration, flight, absence, impulsive, quarrelling, break-up of personal relationships, discord, interruption, unexpected change, impetuous, dominating, pushy, ambitious, sexy, exciting dynamic work, boozer/pub type Queen of Wands  Normal - Warm, light and loyal Reversed - Unreliable and unstable Abstract - Rural pleasures, success for women Keywords - a practical person with good common sense, a sympathetic and understanding person, friendly, loving honourable, chaste, practical, full of feminine charm and grace, jealousy, deceit, infidelity, unstable, fickle, power, pushy, sensual, seductress, artistic King of Wands  Normal - Drive and integrity Reversed - Selfish and freedom-loving Abstract - Negotiations and agreements Keywords - more noble and elderly than the King of Swords, honest and conscientious person, mature, wise, loyal, devoted, friendly, sympathetic, educated, severity, austerity, dogmatic, excessive ideas, ambitious, artistic, macho, sexy General Notes on Wands Also called - Rods, Staves, Sceptres. Sticks, Spears, Clubs, Batons Keywords - enterprise, glory, growth, creativity, magical power, progress, advancement, animation, modest and humble persons, journeys, organizational, life force, energy, the masculine principle, the phallus, vigorous creative energy, movement, often new beginnings and growth, power and authority, libido and sexuality Themes - peasantry and lower income class; labour and natural enterprise; urgency and action or the life of the spirit; light and warmth generated by physical fire; the world of ideas and creation in all its forms from business undertakings to agriculture, imagination, character and individual expression Other - in many packs, the Wands are shown budding with new growth, leaves and flowers |
Also see:- Minor Arcana Tarot Maps of Consciousness articles |
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