Suit study · Fire
The Wands
What burns. Will, drive, creative output, the impulse to move.
The suit of Wands carries the fire signs of the zodiac, Aries, Leo, Sagittarius. Its energy is bright, fast, hand-on-the-stove. Read Wands when the question is about momentum, courage, the next move, the new thing that wants to be born. Read them reversed when the fire has flickered: burnout, ego, recklessness, the project that should have been finished six months ago.
Deck
Wands · Fire
The fourteen, card by card
The whole suit, Ace through King. Switch decks above to see the house deck or the Rider-Waite-Smith.
What each one carries
- Ace of Wands, the spark. A new fire, just lit.
- Two of Wands, planning before action. Holding the world in one hand, the wand in the other.
- Three of Wands, the first ships go out. Patient watching.
- Four of Wands, celebration. The wedding canopy, the homecoming.
- Five of Wands, small chaos. Five people trying to talk at once.
- Six of Wands, public victory. The parade.
- Seven of Wands, defending your ground. Six against one.
- Eight of Wands, fast movement. Arrows in flight.
- Nine of Wands, almost done, exhausted, still standing.
- Ten of Wands, too much. The bundle that won't fit through the door.
- Page of Wands, the messenger of fire. The curious one.
- Knight of Wands, fire on horseback. Fast, hot, impatient.
- Queen of Wands, fire on a throne. Magnetic, generous, dangerous to cross.
- King of Wands, fire seasoned by time. The leader who has been burned and stayed.