Card 22 • wands

Ace of Wands

Brief Description

The Ace of Wands signifies a spark of creative inspiration and intense passion that initiates new beginnings and enterprises. It embodies spiritual energy, expansion, ambition, and a primal surge of confidence that urges swift, decisive action. When upright, it suggests that inspired ideas and motivation are likely to manifest into tangible results if you seize the opportunity. Reversed, it warns of a lack of inspiration, apathy, delays, burnout, or spiritual discontent that can drain motivation.

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Card Name

Ace of Wands

Poem:

The spark of inspiration ignites the fire of life and borne of this flame are ambition, passion and strife.

Meaning:

A spirit arises from the flames that forge creation. Fire dances around her head, signifying creative inspiration of the mind. Birds of Paradise grow about her hands and torso, indicating that this inspiration will surely manifest into tangible results. The Ace of Wands is a card of intense passion, inspiration, spirituality, expansion, and ambition. Wherever lies ahead, the Ace of Wands encourages you to hit the ground running and strike while the iron is hot.

Reversed

Reversed, you may be feeling uninspired, spiritually discontent, or dispassionate.

Upright keywords:

inspiration, new enterprise, a new project, an intense passion, spirituality, a primal surge of power, confidence, instinct, creation, new beginnings, a surge of motivation

Reversed keywords:

a lack of inspiration, apathy, delays, burdened, lethargy, a lack of motivation, drained, burned out, insecure

Visual Description

A single hand holds a richly decorated wand topped with a red orb, set against an oval frame filled with fiery orange and purple foliage. A fierce, horned female visage with flame-like hair gazes forward from the upper center of the image. In the lower foreground a large animal skull with open jaws is cradled by hands, its teeth prominent. Stylized leaves and blooms surround the figure and staff, all rendered in warm gold, orange, and magenta tones against a dark border; the title 'Ace of Wands' appears at the bottom.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Alexandria Huntington

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