Card of the Day for September 16 - Eight of Wands
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Attribution - Mercury in Sagittarius
The suit of Wands represents
the element of fire. It is the intuitive function, the libido,
the primitive life force.
The eight represents a yin energy associated with personal power, advancement, reaping the harvest, material gain, regeneration, setting new priorities, new ways forward, re-organization, control. You will reap what you have sowed. Eight indicates a positive change of mind or progress because of the beneficial qualities of the number eight (2 X 4 – the number of manifestation).
Rider-Waite Imagery
8 Wands flying through the air like arrows. The sky is clear. There is a river running through the card. A house in on a hill in the background.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
The card represents motion through the immovable-a flight
of wands through an open country; but they draw to the term of
their course. That which they signify is at hand; it may be even
on the threshold.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: Activity in undertakings, the path of such
activity, swiftness, as that of an express messenger; great
haste, great hope, speed towards an end which promises assured
felicity; generally, that which is on the move; also the arrows
of love.
Reversed: Arrows of jealousy, internal dispute, stingings
of conscience, quarrels; and domestic disputes for persons who
are married.
UPRIGHT
Success.
A time of moving forward and new ideas.
Urgency, haste, impatience, excitement, taking action.
Legal action.
Speed, forward motion.
Flight, a journey by air.
Communications such as emails and love letters.
New information rushes to you as a gift.
Your goals are within reach.
Collection, collectors,
multiples.
Unpredictable event.
New career goals.
Love of open spaces.
Sometimes this card can
represent direct Divine instructions – a bolt of Celestial
power.
Prophetic dreams, acute
senses.
Transformation of personality.
Don’t allow yourself to be overwhelmed. Things are going to move quickly and synchronicity will come into play. Your hopes and dreams are now within reach.
Pull up your boots and get on
with it.
Good-natured companions,
invitations from friends.
REVERSED
Slow down!
Nervous energy, high-strung.
Too many deadlines all at
once.
Travelling against your will.
An awaited message doesn’t arrive.
The answer is not what was anticipated.
Your journey is postponed.
Hasty messages.
Reckless actions.
Timing problems.
Confusion.
Disputes.
Do the best you have with the information you have at the moment.
Go against your instincts – if you normally hold back, forge ahead – if you forge ahead full steam, be patient.
Jealousy.
Violence.
Stagnation.
Lovers’ quarrel.
Overblown ambitions.
Irrationality.
A joke at someone else's
expense, or practical jokes that cause humiliation. (E. Hazel)
1. Morgan Greer
2. Old Path
3. Robin Wood
4. Hudes
5. Celestial
6. Housewives
