Three of Wands
The Three of Wands, or Three of Batons, is a playing card of the suit of wands. In tarot, it is a Minor Arcana card.
Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games.[1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes.[1][2]
Divination usage
[edit | edit source]A calm onlooker facing towards the sea. There's a possibility that he is a merchant or looking forward to a journey. The three represents creation—looking forward to something with optimism—a mission. This card symbolizes enterprise, trade, or commerce.
Keynotes: achievement – venture – traveling – pursuing a journey
If the card is reversed, it means the end of a task, toil, a cessation, and disappointment.
Key meanings
[edit | edit source]The key meanings of the Three of Wands:[3]
- Achievement
- Fresh starts
- Long-term success
- Partnerships
- Trade
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]In the 1922 poem The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot associates The Man with Three Staves with the Fisher King, "quite arbitrarily".[4]
References
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