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
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A calm onlooker faces the sea, possibly a merchant or someone anticipating a journey. The three represents creation and optimism—looking ahead to a mission. The card symbolizes enterprise, trade, or commerce.
Keynotes : achievement – venture – travel – pursuing a journey.
If reversed, it suggests completion, hard work ending, or disappointment.
Key meanings
[edit]The key meanings of the Three of Wands:[3]
- Achievement
- Fresh starts
- Long-term success
- Partnerships
- Trade
In popular culture
[edit]In the 1922 poem The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot associates The Man with Three Staves with the Fisher King, "quite arbitrarily".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. ISBN 0-7156-1014-7.
- ^ Huson, Paul (2004). Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage. Vermont: Destiny Books. ISBN 0-89281-190-0.
- ^ Three of Wands. Trusted Tarot (2010)
- ^ "Eliot, T. S. 1922. The Waste Land". Bartleby. Archived from the original on July 3, 2021. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
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