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Five of Wands

The meaning of the Five of Wands in a Tarot reading, including both upright and reversed positions and examples for each definition.

Five men, crowded together, hold wands aloft.  At first glance this appears to be five people engaged in a fight with staves, a scene right out of the old Robin Hood movies.  Upon closer examination, however, it’s apparent that they are holding the staves one handed rather than in a two handed fighting stance and don’t even seem to be looking at each other.  Indeed, the placement of the wands suggests that they are very close to constructing a pentacle with them.

Upright: Difficult negotiations, conflict, struggle, competing ideas fighting for ascendancy.  This is a shift from the previous cards because it shows a group effort, several people working on putting ideas or projects into effect and having strong differences of opinions.  They are literally trying to construct something new by joining their separate ideas together. There will be a tough period to get through but you can still expect a positive outcome at the end.

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Reversed:  Walk away from the negotiations, let passions calm down and try again later.  Emotions are getting in the way of ideas and this project isn’t going to work right now.

EXAMPLES:  A large committee or work group composed of people who have wildly different approaches to solving problems and very different ways of thinking.  

A commune where the members are working together but have very different philosophies about life.


Three of Wands

The meaning of the Three of Wands in a tarot reading. Included are definitions for the Three of wands upright and the Three of Wands reversed.

A man wearing a red and green cloak and a circlet around his head stands on a hill or cliff staring out at ships traversing a bay.  He grasps one staff in his right hand and two other staffs are planted firmly in the ground behind him. The sea is placid and emits a golden glow.

Upright: The abstract idea or intuition of the Ace of Wands has been brought into being in the material world and is bringing rewards to the subject.  He or she is sending this creativity out into the world and sharing it with others, as represented by the ships setting sail in the harbor. This individual has his back turned and this may indicate a person who is totally absorbed in his ventures to the exclusion of his social life.  On a mundane level, your job may require that you do some traveling.

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Reversed: The world may not be ready to accept your new and novel ideas at this time.  Wait until another time or at least slow walk the venture you’re trying to launch.

Examples:  Someone who has worked his or her butt off and is seeing returns on the project.  Think of a person in development and research who has spent hundreds of hours meticulously assembling a product and it’s finally off of the ground and working great.

Publishing a book and seeing the sales continue to go up.