THE ACE OF WANDS
“The Root of the Powers of Fire”
The Fire Signs of the Zodiac
Aries – Leo – Sagittarius
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
Against a neutral grey sky, an illuminated hand emerges from a floating bulbous cloud and offers a budding Wand. In the background flows a gentile stream that meanders by three trees that grow near its banks. Eight buds float on the wind, four to each side of the Wand, and descend to the fertile soil below. A castle sits atop on a hill on the far horizon.
ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The Suit of Wands is associated with the Fire signs of the Zodiac: Aries (the personal fire), Leo (the social fire) and Sagittarius (the spiritual fire). Wands express our relationship with our work and career as well as with our social life, creativity and spirituality. Wands are the spark of life – the fire of the creative will within our
inner self; the fire of the creative will in action and the fire of the creative will in union with the higher will of the Spirit.
ORACLES
When Appearing Upright in a Reading
Innovation, energetic vitality and enthusiasm are the keys to your potential success. Embrace your inner ambition it will propel you towards the realization of your goals. A new beginning is at hand that presents exciting creative potentials. You must seize this opportunity and bring this emerging opportunity to life.
When Appearing Reversed in a Reading
Setbacks are occurring. Your weakness of will and lack of ambition are undermining any endeavor that you undertake and causing things to come to a standstill. A pioneering attitude blending courage, initiative and passion is the recipe needed for success when new opportunities start to emerge.
THE TREE OF LIFE
“The Crown”
The element of Fire does not refer to the natural phenomenon by that name by rather to the Divine energy that is the motive power of life itself. This energy expresses itself in human creativity and and in our drive to survive and prosper and represents the root force and creative potential of the Fire element. It is the outward manifestation of the Inner Light from which the creative energy emerges and expands as it unfolds itself in time.