Tarot · Wands
Ace of Wands
- spark
- inspiration
- beginning
The picture
A hand reaches out of a cloud holding a freshly sprouting wand, above a wide landscape with a castle on a hill.
The meaning
The Ace of Wands is the first spark of fire. The tradition reads it as a new idea, enthusiasm and the urge to start something. The wand is putting out leaves; it is alive. Readers see in it an energy that has no shape yet but is already pushing.
Reversed
Reversed, it is read as an idea that will not catch, or momentum that is delayed.
In love
In love it is read as fresh attraction, or new liveliness in an existing relationship.
At work
At work it stands for a new venture, a bright idea or the launch of a project.
As your card of the day
An idea may come to you today that makes you glad. Write it down before the day buries it.
The Ace of Wands stands for the energy of a beginning. Start something today, even if it is small.
Wands belong to fire. The tradition reads them as the cards of drive, ideas and energy.
Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).