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The Suit of Wands
The Suit of Wands Tarot card meanings are associated with primal energy, spirituality, inspiration, determination, strength, intuition, creativity, ambition and expansion, original thought and the seeds through which life springs forth.
The Suit of Wands is associated with the element of Fire. Fire is hot, wild, unpredictable, and energetic. It can be creative in helping us to cook food or build tools, or it can be destructive, like a devastating bush fire or house fire.
Fire is symbolic of passion, energy, enthusiasm, and sexuality. It is a masculine element and reflects the drive and willpower of the masculine energy.
In a deck of playing cards, Wands corresponds to Clubs.
What Do the Wands Tarot Cards Mean in a Reading?
The meanings of the Wands Tarot cards deal with the spiritual level of consciousness and mirror what is important to you at the core of your being. They address what makes you tick – your personality, ego, enthusiasm, self-concept, and personal energy, both internal and external.
The negative aspects of the Suit of Wands include illusion, egotistical behaviour, impulsiveness, a lack of direction or purpose, or feeling meaningless.
Wands Tarot cards often represent the astrological signs of Fire – Leo, Sagittarius and Aries. When you see a Wands Court Card in a Tarot reading, it often relates to a person with a Leo, Sagittarius or Aries star sign. Generally, Wands people are energetic, charismatic, warm, spiritual.
What Does it Mean When a Tarot Reading is Mostly Wands Tarot Cards?
Should a Tarot reading be predominantly Wands cards, you can be sure that you are seeking solutions to issues that are based mainly in the realm of thought, or that are in the first stages of development. You may also be seeking greater purpose and meaning in your life and will want to understand more about what motivates and energises you.
Ace of Wands: Self-development
General
Ace of Wands represents a potential that is present within you. The card indicates an opportunity that you can use. Ace of Wands symbolizes your will and decisiveness. The Ace of Wands is all about courage, new impulses, a willingness to take risks and an entrepreneurial spirit. The opportunity that the card offers lies in the area of self-development, willpower, growth, zest for life or optimism.
Work
In your work Ace of Wands indicates that opportunities are offered to you that ensure that you can develop goals, interests, possibilities and other qualities that you have in you. The opportunity of Ace of Wands does require courage, motivation, full commitment and the willingness to undertake new things.
Love
In relationships, Ace of Wands offers an opportunity for the sizzling of an intense and vibrant relationship that is full of enthusiasm for each other. The card provides space for a genuine, fulfilling relationship. Ace of Wands stands for entrepreneurial spirit and can therefore also bring warmth and liveliness to an existing relationship.
To ask
What do I do about my development?
Am I open to grow?
Did I take my chance?
Do I dare to take a risk?
Two of Wands: Neutrality
General
Two of Wands gives you a neutral and sometimes somewhat indifferent attitude. On the one hand you want to take action, on the other hand you don't. The card therefore represents a kind of paralyzing effect. You have the feeling that something is not right, but you can't put your finger on it. Two of Wands ensures that you shield yourself and that nothing can touch you. With this card, the energy is directed inward. You can only break the passivity if you become active and take an interest in things again.
Work
In your work, Two of Wands indicates that you do not feel internally involved in your work. You carry out your duties without interest. The card may also indicate that you adopt an attitude of neutrality or some disinterest in important confrontations and decisions. You don't really know what to do with the situation. There is doubt as to whether or not to take action. Two of Wands can therefore cause you to join the opinion of others out of disinterest.
Love
In relationships, Two of Wands means you have a half-hearted attitude and flaccid feelings. Outwardly it may not be visible, but inside you are not really involved. The relationship may be slowly draining. The card clearly indicates that you have to motivate yourself to make a choice: either you detach yourself from the relationship or remain completely loyal to your partner. When you're alone you don't really have the motivation to commit yourself to a relationship even though you may really want to.
To ask
Why am I closed off from my feelings?
Is it important to analyze everything so much?
Why am I not listening to my inner voice?
Why am I so divided?
Three of Wands: Good Prospects
General
Three of Wands indicates that you have reached a new point in your life. You have completed a long and difficult climb and have now reached a higher level. After uncertain times you have solid ground under your feet again. You feel confident again. From here you can look into the future with a positive view and start setting new goals because Rods Three offers good prospects.
Work
In your work, Three of Wands indicates that you have reached an important milestone. There has been a period of difficulties and uncertainty. The map shows that you have now arrived at a point where you have regained solid ground under your feet. From here you can start to feel good about the goals you have set. Three of Wands works out in the longer term and therefore offers good and sustainable prospects.
Love
In relationships, Three of Wands represents a new sure foundation that you have created in your relationship. From here you can look to the future with a good and confident feeling. The map provides good long-term prospects. Relationships are therefore promising, reliable and sustainable. If you live alone, Staven Drie indicates that you have created a situation in which you feel confident and there are now good prospects for a lively and lasting relationship.
To ask
Have I set my sights on the horizon?
Am I looking forward to what's coming my way?
Do I feel confident again?
Can I feel the solid ground under my feet again?
Do I have faith in the future?
Four of Wands: Openness
General
Four of Wands indicates a peaceful atmosphere in which you feel good and secure. Inhibitions disappear, you open yourself up to others and enjoy life. The card shows that you are welcoming others and that you are being welcomed. Four of Wands stands for conviviality, a relaxed atmosphere and fun with existing contacts or new contacts you make.
Work
In your work, Four of Wands indicates that you have a sustainable and promising job in which you feel good. The card represents a great motivation with which you carry out your work with great pleasure and pleasure. The interaction with colleagues or superiors is positive and both open up and meet each other in order to create the best possible cooperation. Four of Wands can also stand for giving up a job in which you had security and that you now open yourself up to something new with full confidence.
Love
In relationships, Four of Wands stands for fun and sunny times. The card indicates that you feel safe and secure. Four of Wands is the open, friendly and loving dealing with each other. This mainly concerns carefree enjoyment and fun with those you feel comfortable with or sometimes new contacts and doing things together.
To ask
How open am I to others?
Do I warmly welcome others?
Do I feel comfortable here?
How can I share a peaceful time with others?
Do I dare to overcome my reserve?
Five of Wands: Challenge
General
Five of Wands stands for challenge, measuring forces or a competition. Each individual defends his own place in the group so that his part in the whole is not lost. The battle is playful and full of liveliness. The card can also indicate that someone has different sides of themselves that are in conflict with each other. Creativity is then needed to combine these diverse needs. This can cause the necessary inner struggle or liveliness. Five of Wands can also stand for competition in a fair and sporting manner.
Work
In your work, Five of Wands indicates a challenge that you must master. The card does make demands on you, but it doesn't ask for the impossible. Five of Wands can represent new tasks or a new assignment that initially comes across as large and difficult. The card makes it clear that you should see the challenge as an exercise. You can master the work by approaching it in a playful way and approach it sportingly rather than seriously.
Love
In relationships, Five of Wands represents a loving and somewhat rough battle. This card is not about romance and socializing but about intense clashes. Five of Wands can indicate that after a conflict you still get on well with your partner. The card also stands for frolicking together with the solution of problems. Five of Wands is always “controversial” and dynamic. As a result, the card also always generates frictional heat. This adds to the liveliness of the relationship.
To ask
Do I dare to take on this showdown? Shall I enter this battle sportingly? How far do I want to measure strengths with others? What causes the inner struggle I am waging? which parts of myself are in conflict with each other?
Six of Wands: Success
General
Six of Wands indicates success. The card represents victory, recognition, success and the joy that comes with it. Often the Six of Wands indicates that there has been a problem and that there is now a positive turn that makes you feel good for the effort you have made. Sometimes Wands can handle Six for a sense of satisfaction.
Work
In your work, Six of Wands indicates that you will receive success and recognition. The effort you have put in will be rewarded. This could mean passing an exam, getting positive reviews, or being offered a good position or promotion.
Love
In relationships, Six of Wands indicates that you can count on a happy and gratifying experience. The card can represent the beginning of a beautiful relationship or a happy time in an existing relationship. Six of Wands also indicate that you can now solve a problem you have with someone else. The card can also represent good and glad messages.
To ask
Will I successfully overcome the problem?
Am I open to a good message?
Do I dare to achieve success on my own?
Seven of Wands: Self-Protection
General
Seven of Wands indicates that you are under attack. There are all kinds of things that come at you that you have to defend yourself against or which you have to work with. You have to keep yourself standing. You may find yourself facing others who may be stronger than you. The card represents good prospects because you are in a better position. It is important that you remain alert and act skillfully because otherwise you can easily lose your own good position. With Seven of Wands, it is often not a real attack but rather a threat to what you have already achieved or want to achieve.
Work
In your work, Seven of Wands stands for a situation in which you have to deal with competition. This can mean that you do business in a market where there are several suppliers. Also, the card may indicate that you are trying to get a job that has many more applicants. In your current job, Seven of Wands could mean that you find yourself in a situation where you have to defend your good name or reputation. In many cases, the card represents jealousy. Others want to push you out of your position or ruin all the options you have. Seven of Wands gives you good prospects for getting through this if you stay alert, act well and don't give up your good position too easily.
Love
In relationships, Seven of Wands indicates that a situation has arisen in which your relationship is threatened. This may involve a conflict between the two partners. The card generally represents more of a third person who is disrupting the relationship from the outside. Seven of Wands can also indicate that you are not alone when you want to win someone for yourself. You then have to deal with jealous rivals. The card indicates that you have good prospects. It is important here that you remain alert, take the situation seriously and approach it wisely so that you do not lose your good position.
To ask
How well can I maintain myself?
Do I have an eye for the attacks that are coming my way?
Do I stick to my position?
Am I paying enough attention to act well?
Eight of Wands: Surprise
General
Eight of Wands is the unexpected impulse you get and sets things in motion. The card represents a surprise. In most cases, this card brings good news and events. The card indicates that something is waiting for you that will come to you on its own. You don't have to do anything for this. There's something in the air. The card lets you know that there is something, which has already been set in motion, that you yourself have no idea about. Eight of Wands also indicates that it will happen sooner than you might have expected. In some cases, the card can also indicate that in a certain situation everything is still completely open and several options apply. It is then up to you to get started with these options.
Work
In your work, Eight of Wands stands for the faster fulfillment of your plans or expectations. The card can also indicate that a development of a situation has already started long ago without you noticing it. The card represents a surprise and good news will reach you. Eight of Wands indicates that this development will proceed faster than you expected.
Love
In relationships, Eight of Wands stands for a revival and new impulses coming your way. The card can mean that a new relationship is on the way or it can be a harbinger of pleasant developments within an already existing relationship. Both are coming at you faster than you expected.
To ask
Am I open to new impulses?
Am I excited enough for new things?
Do I take the unexpected into account?
Nine of Wands: Causiousness
General
Nine of Wands stands for someone who has experience with fighting and getting hurt in the process. You have become on your guard because of this and you are ready for the next attack or. defense. The card indicates stubbornness and resistance to a situation or experience that you perceive as threatening. Often you are more bothered by painful memories evoked by this event than there is a real threat. Sometimes it can be good to use your experiences in defending yourself. It can also be good to look at things from a different perspective (to put things into perspective) in order not to be stuck in a defensive position forever. Nine of Wands can also mean that you have made a choice. You close the past and now make every effort not to fall back into the old pattern.
Work
In your work, Nine of Wands stands for inner resistance. The card indicates that you resist innovations, certain work or other developments in your work. Nine of Wands can also indicate that you feel threatened by the person you are dealing with in your work or that you are resisting going to work because you experience it as threatening. Nine of Wands indicate that the problem of your fear of being threatened is within yourself. It is your past mistakes or failures that you project onto the present situation. The card indicates that you have grown and coped better with it. Nine of Wands urges you to overcome your fear and heal old wounds.
Love
In relationships, Nine of Wands is the anxious child. The card indicates that you are afraid of being hurt or that old wounds will hurt again. Nine of Wands is the armor with which you shield yourself from being hit by that which can hurt you. Unfortunately, you cannot be touched by that which gives you a good and wonderful feeling in the depths of your heart. Nine of Wands shows here that you can be consumed by sadness, become bitter or lonely if you close yourself off from everything that can touch you inwardly. The card indicates that the openness you fear is not a threat.
To ask
Why am I overly cautious?
What have I been hurt with in the past?
How strong am I to let go of old habits.
Am I seeing the situation in the right perspective?
Why do I keep holding on to my old sore?
Ten of Wands: Overload
General
Ten of Wands indicates that you don't like it anymore. You are gloomy and depressed. The card shows that you are asking too much of yourself. You are so very busy with several things at the same time that you no longer have an overview. Responsibility hangs like a millstone around your neck. Ten of Wands can also indicate that you are clumsy with the situation or what you are dealing with. There is still too little experience. This is because with Ten of Wands you often skipped some steps and now you have too little knowledge and experience to do things properly. The clumsy approach and asking too much of yourself causes overload. With Ten of Wands it is important to see whether you have to do everything alone. Which bars can you drop or transfer to others so that you can regain an overview of the whole.
Work
In your work, Ten of Wands stands for stress, too much demand from yourself or responsibility that you cannot yet handle. This can be a result of climbing the ladder too quickly. You then miss knowledge and experiences that are essential for your current activities. This creates a feeling of overload and lack of overview. The card indicates that you have to let go of tasks, give it to others or not want to do everything at once so that you regain an overview and burden yourself less. Ten of Wands can also stand for heavy work, looking for a job that does not work or a stressful exam.
Love
In relationships, Ten of Wands indicates that you are gloomy and depressed. The card may indicate that you are alone, living without a partner and seeing no way out of this situation. You probably burden yourself too much with looking for that way out so that you no longer have a picture of what you are actually doing. Ten of Wands then show you that it is better to reduce actions. You no longer waste energy and it can then be used in a more targeted manner. This often gives a better result. The card can also indicate that you are in a relationship, but it is experienced by you as oppressive and depressing. It is important here to think carefully and not just destroy everything out of dissatisfaction.
To ask
Why do I demand so much of myself?
Have I lost sight of the target?
What burden do I have to carry on my own?
Am I willing to bear this burden alone?
Do I have the strength to take on this burden?
Do I dare to let go of burdens and give them to someone else?
Am I too preoccupied with side issues that make me lose sight of the goal?
Page of Wands: Exciting Proposal
General
Pages represent opportunities and opportunities that come our way. Page of Wands stands for an exciting proposal that makes you enthusiastic or a compelling impulse that you want to participate in with great pleasure. In most cases, this is an opportunity that allows you to grow in your knowledge and experience. The Map offers you proposals that call for daring and courage and stimulate your sense of adventure. Page of Wands offers you opportunities that increase the fun and tension in your life because they break the everyday routine.
Work
In your work Page of Wands indicates that proposals are made to you that make you enthusiastic. Opportunities arise that excite your senses and that you would like to accommodate. Page of Wands can represent the chance to perform a task that requires a lot of us, the chance to take up a new position or to get another attractive assignment. Page of Wands stands for the opportunity to grow. Therefore, the card can also stand for a possible upcoming promotion.
Love
In relationships, Page of Wands often stands for an exciting proposal or an invitation for an adventure. This can enrich and stimulate an existing relationship. Also, the card can represent an opportunity to form a new, exciting relationship. Page of Wands likes excitement and sensation and can also mean in this area that it concerns a proposal for, possibly. outside the existing relationship, to go on an adventure.
To ask
Am I open to an exciting proposal?
Can I get excited quickly?
Do I need someone to motivate me?
Knight of Wands: Temperament
General
Knight of Wands stands for a warm to very heated atmosphere. In a positive sense, the card gives a lot of fanatical enthusiasm, warmth, zest for life and passion. In a negative sense, the card can represent impatience, temper, impulsiveness and impetuous behavior. It may therefore be that, if the card appears in a spread, you may enjoy the enthusiastic warmth or that you have to protect yourself from the temperament and uncontrollable behavior. Knight of Wands indicates that your impatience is so intense that you immediately want everything, and immediately. If this does not work, you will react quickly and aggressively. With his warmth, Knight of Wands can also ensure that you let yourself be infected by his enthusiasm. You let yourself be carried away in this and you get renewed energy and zest for life.
Work
In your work, Knight of Wands indicates that you are enthusiastic and impatient. You cannot, or perhaps with difficulty, understand that some things take a little more time to get done. The card shows that you carry out your work with great motivation and enthusiasm. You are much too impetuous and show too little perseverance. Knight of Wands indicates that you lose interest at the slightest resistance. The card can also represent a temperamental match or violent outbursts.
Love
In relationships, Knight of Wands can represent strong passionate feelings, but also temperamental clashes. Both can be very easily exaggerated in situations. The card can also indicate that a valuable power arises when we can pool these fiery energies together and focus on one goal. This can create a strong bond in the relationship as both ignite each other with their enthusiasm and will to do things. Knight of Wands can, due to his temperament, also ensure that icy atmospheres thaw and new zest for life arises in stuck situations.
To ask
How strong is my temperament?
Do I have uncontrollable behavior?
What ignites my enthusiasm so intensely?
Who sets me on fire like that? Am I open to fervor?
Queen of Wands: Activity
General
Queen of Wands Stands for self-confidence, dynamism and willpower. She wants and can determine her own life. This is possible because of her strong personality and the wisdom she has. Queen of Wands is not always willing to adapt. Her own will often takes precedence over that of others. She is open-hearted, strong, dynamic and full of entrepreneurial spirit. Her pride gives her great inner strength but also makes her sensitive to criticism. She also has a hard time with it if she doesn't get a token of recognition and admiration. Queen of Wands has an enormous zest for life. This can negatively turn into ill-mannered self-indulgence and boundless waste.
Work
In your work, Queen of Wands represents your desire for more independence and personal responsibility. She indicates that you are open to and willing to take on bigger tasks. You will then carry it out with enthusiasm, great commitment and optimism. Queen of Wands indicates that you now have the power. You are willing to grow and develop yourself further. This allows you to handle the new tasks or position that you get.
Love
In relationships, Queen of Wands represents a period in which your self-development increases. The card also indicates that you are open to stormy and immersive experiences. You now have the strength and courage to go with it. Queen of Wands shows that you feel easily approached and enthusiastic. The card therefore often gives a lively to exuberant period with new contacts. Queen of Wands also gives a powerful palpable revival in an existing relationship. The independence of Queen of Rods and the will to determine for yourself indicates that you become strong and empowered in the relationship. You are now strong enough to resist a hitherto dominant partner.
To ask
How big is my willpower?
How strong am I in life?
Do I have confidence in myself?
Why do I sometimes not want to adapt?
Is my will always law?
Do I have the strength to take something from others?
Do I want to develop myself?
King of Wands: Willpower
General
King of Wands stands for willpower, dynamism and self-confidence. He enjoys wealth, power and greatness. King of Rods is one who believes in himself and his own abilities. He has a great entrepreneurial spirit. King of Wands is always ready to grow. In this way he gets the greatest possible self-development and growth in adulthood. King of Wands has leadership qualities, is not always willing to adapt and can sometimes be a bit dominant. Exaggeration reveals the negative sides of King of Wands. This may mean that he only thinks of himself or suffers from showiness and boastfulness.
Work
In your work, King of Wands stands for a self-conscious, convincing and purposeful performance. He has a great entrepreneurial spirit and motivation. Koning van Staven has a great organizational talent. As a result, he often lays claim to a managerial position with the appropriate qualifications. King of Wands stands for dynamism, commitment and courage. He is the driving force in the team. If he goes too far with this, it can lead to haste, a chaotic process or a process that bears no fruit at all. A negative side of King of Wands is that he doesn't realize that some things take more or less time. For example, things and work can be planned incorrectly.
Love
In relationships, King of Wands stands for dynamism, warmth, generosity and sincere involvement. King of Wands here means zest for life and entrepreneurship. He likes to spoil the other. In this way he can enjoy his own magnanimity. King of Wands indicates that you are essentially proud of your relationship. You may also be looking for a partner with a strong, dynamic and charismatic personality.
To ask
How big is my willpower?
How strong am I in life?
Do I have confidence in myself?
Why do I sometimes not want to adapt?
Is my will always law?
Do I have the strength to take something from others?
Do I want to develop myself?
