Three of Wands
The Three of Wands signals a time to launch plans and expand horizons, indicating that projects are progressing and you're on the right track. It urges a long-term, outward-looking perspective and encourages aiming high rather than playing small. When progress stalls, the card invites bigger thinking and exploration of unfamiliar possibilities, suggesting that seemingly impossible dreams may be achievable. The hot air balloon imagery emphasizes innovation, daring, and the need to release anchors so insight and ingenuity can lift you toward expansive goals.
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Card Name
Three of Wands
Keywords
Progress, expansion, exploration, the long view, setting plans in motion.
Meaning
Launch
If the 2 of Wands is where we dream and scheme, the 3 of Wands is where we launch. When it appears in a reading, this card says it's time to put our plans in motion, or, if we're already in the midst of a project or the pursuit of a passion, it's a sure sign that we're on the right track.
Long-Term View
The 3 of Wands also counsels us to keep the long-term view in mind, because whatever we're working on, it can take us places! Don't play too small with the 3 of Wands. Instead, aim for the horizon.
Think Bigger
Alternatively, if our plans are stuck or our ideas in a rut, the 3 of Wands encourages us to think bigger. If we let our thoughts soar to a bird's eye view, we may be able to spot something that we couldn't from the ground. If we let our dreams flirt with the impossible, we may discover they're not so impossible after all. A card of exploration, the 3 of Wands seeks inspiration in unfamiliar places and delights in strange new adventures and ambitious ideas—and it has the boldness to pursue them.
Imagery
In the card, two hot air balloons lift into the sky while one awaits liftoff, still tethered to the ground, capturing the excitement of anticipation as well as the necessity to release our anchors and cast off into the ether. Hot air balloons are emblems of exploration, innovation, and daring, and with their combination of heat and gas (fire and air), they're also symbols of grand and expansive ideas. With enough insight and ingenuity, we can defy gravity.
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Visual Description
Three hot-air balloons appear against a pale, pastel sky: a large central balloon with green and orange vertical panels and a stylized flame emblem, and two smaller balloons in the upper corners with similar striping and flame motifs. The central basket, burner and numerous suspension ropes are visible, and the balloon's shape is echoed in a mirrored reflection beneath a thin horizon line. Soft cloud shapes provide a gentle backdrop and thin tether lines extend from the basket to small anchors. The Roman numeral III is printed at the bottom of the card and the artist's watermark runs across the center.
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