A man stands on a cliff looking out over the sea at his ships, three wands planted around him. It is expansion, foresight and waiting for results: your efforts are under way and the horizon opens.
Ships on the horizon, expansion, and what returns from afar.
Waite’s keywords (1911): Established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, discovery; able help in business.
Reversed
Reversed, the ships are delayed: obstacles, frustration with slow progress, or plans that were too small for your vision.
Delays at sea, plans that meet resistance.
Waite’s keywords (1911): The end of troubles; adversity, toil and disappointment cease.
In love
Upright A relationship grows; long-distance love, or planning a future together.
Reversed Delays in love; waiting for someone who does not come.
In work
Upright Expansion, trade, travel, results coming from far away.
Reversed Delays in projects; obstacles in growth.
In money
Upright Profits from investments; trade and expansion pay off.
Reversed Expected money is delayed.
At home and in the family
Upright Planning together as a family; relatives from afar.
Reversed Distance in the family; plans that do not materialize.
On your path
Upright Your spiritual horizon expands; you see further.
Reversed Impatience on the path; trust the timing.
Its counsel
Upright Look far ahead. Your ships are coming.
Reversed Be patient with delays, and adjust your plan.
Correspondences
- Arcana
- Minor Arcana, suit of Wands
- Element
- Fire
- Rank
- Threes: growth, and the work of many hands
Dreams that carry this card
Wands
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