Four of Wands
celebration · home · harmony · a haven
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Wands
In a few words
- celebration
- home
- harmony
- a haven
Garlands on the gate. A celebration, a home, a peaceful settled feeling.
Upright
- Everything
- Garlands on the gate. A celebration, a home, a peaceful settled feeling.
- Love
- A happy home, an engagement, a wedding, families coming together.
- Work
- A milestone worth marking. A stable team, a foundation laid.
- Money
- Enough, and some to celebrate with. Property or home matters go well.
- Myself
- Rest in what you have built. Belonging is here.
They are for once almost on the surface—country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 190
Reversed
- Everything
- A celebration delayed, or a home that does not feel like one yet.
- Love
- Tension at home, a postponed wedding, families not quite in step.
- Work
- An unstable base. Fix the foundation before adding a floor.
- Money
- Home expenses straining the budget. Keep the roof, trim the party.
- Myself
- Feeling unsettled where you should feel safe. Find what is missing and name it.
The meaning remains unaltered; it is prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 190
The card, as Waite described it
From the four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nose-gays; at their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 190
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.