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Ace of Wands |
 A hand issuing from a cloud grasps a stout wand or
club. : Creation, invention,
enterprise, the powers which result in these; principle, beginning, source; birth, family,
origin, and in a sense the virility which is behind them; the starting point of
enterprises; according to another account, money, fortune, inheritance. Reversed:
Fall, decadence, ruin, perdition, to perish also a certain clouded joy. |
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Two of Wands |
 A tall man looks from a battlemented roof over sea
and shore; he holds a globe in his right hand, while a staff in his left rests on the
battlement; another is fixed in a ring. The Rose and Cross and Lily should be noticed on
the left side. : Between the
alternative readings there is no marriage possible; on the one hand, riches, fortune,
magnificence; on the other, physical suffering, disease, chagrin, sadness, mortification.
The design gives one suggestion; here is a lord overlooking his dominion and alternately
contemplating a globe; it looks like the malady, the mortification, the sadness of
Alexander amidst the grandeur of this world's wealth. Reversed: Surprise, wonder,
enchantment, emotion, trouble, fear. |
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Three of Wands |
 A calm, stately personage, with his back turned,
looking from a cliff's edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the
ground, and he leans slightly on one of them. :
He symbolizes established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery; those
are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea. The card also
signifies able co-operation in business, as if the successful merchant prince were looking
from his side towards yours with a view to help you. Reversed: The end of troubles,
suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment. |
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Four of Wands |
 From the four great staves planted in the
foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nosegays; at
their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house.: They are for once almost on the
surface--country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose,
concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these. Reversed: The
meaning remains unaltered; it is prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment. |
Five of Wands |
 A posse of youths, who are brandishing staves, as
if in sport or strife. It is mimic warfare.:
Imitation, as, for example, sham fight, but also the strenuous competition and struggle of
the search after riches and fortune. In this sense it connects with the battle of life.
Hence some attributions say that it is a card of gold, gain, opulence. Reversed:
Litigation, disputes, trickery, contradiction. |
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