Card of the Day for August 29 - Three of Wands
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Attribution - Sun in Aries
Lord of Established Strength.
The suit of Wands represents the
element of fire. It is the intuitive function, the libido, the
primitive life force.
Some associations are – career, creativity, energy, desire, action, intuition, sex, movement, victory, enthusiasm, confidence, competition, magic and excellence.
Threes represent creation, growth,
development, increase, regeneration, success, It is a creative,
active number which combines the impetus of one and the balancing
receptive quality of the number two.
It corresponds to the Empress in the Major Arcana.
Rider-Waite Imagery
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
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.
Divinatory Meanings
Upright: 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.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Three: A very good card; collaboration will favour enterprise.
UPRIGHT
The World at your feet.
The Three of Wands foretells success, especially in creative or business matters.
It is growth, forward progress, having foresight, and new opportunities.
It is time to strike out on your own path and show your true colours.
Don’t shy away from action. Take the plunge.
Your ship is coming in but now is not the time to just sit back and wait.
Explore the unknown, show leadership,
and don’t worry.
The past is the past and you are free
to enter into your future.
Practical help will come – trust yourself and your intuition.
Associations with boats, the sea and journeys.
Anxiously awaiting the rewards of
labour.
Longing for new horizons.
Victory.
Growth.
Forward progress.
Exploration and expansion.
Virtue, integrity.
Candour.
Opportunities.
Setting goals for the future.
New ideas on the way.
Joining forces with like-minded associates.
A contract that binds you an ongoing project.
Work-related travel.
REVERSED
Underhanded business practices,
promising more than can be delivered.
Inability to focus.
Over confidence.
Wasted effort.
Wasting time on details and losing sight of the big picture.
Hidden treachery.
Rejection by friends.
A sense of being cast adrift by society.
The loss of goods at sea.
Lack of adequate support.
Losing one’s zest for life.
Difficulties in setting goals.
Wrong advice.
Meddling
An unproductive partnership.
Narrow thinking.
Stubbornness.
Lack of attention to detail.
Mistakes, carelessness.
Bad debts. high interest rates, bankruptcy, struggling to repair a damaged reputation. (E. Hazel)
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