Page of Wands
news · enthusiasm · a messenger · a fresh face
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Wands
In a few words
- news
- enthusiasm
- a messenger
- a fresh face
A young messenger with bright news. Enthusiasm, a new idea, someone eager to begin.
Upright
- Everything
- A young messenger with bright news. Enthusiasm, a new idea, someone eager to begin.
- Love
- A flirtation, a message that lifts the heart, a spirited new person.
- Work
- Good news about work, or a keen junior worth backing. Explore the idea.
- Money
- News about money, an opportunity to learn or start small. Curiosity pays.
- Myself
- The beginner's mind. Play with the idea before you judge it.
Dark young man, faithful, a lover, an envoy, a postman. Beside a man, he will bear favourable testimony concerning him. A dangerous rival, if followed by the Page of Cups. Has the chief qualities of his suit. He may signify family intelligence.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 176
Reversed
- Everything
- News that disappoints, or enthusiasm without follow-through.
- Love
- Immaturity, mixed messages, a spark that does not stay lit.
- Work
- Talk without action. Or a message delayed or garbled. Confirm it.
- Money
- A hasty small venture that fizzles. Learn, then try again.
- Myself
- Scattered starts. Finish one small thing to prove you can.
Anecdotes, announcements, evil news. Also indecision and the instability which accompanies it.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 176
The card, as Waite described it
In a scene similar to the former, a young man stands in the act of proclamation. He is unknown but faithful, and his tidings are strange.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 176
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.