Card 22 • wands

Ace of Wands

Brief Description

The Ace of Wands symbolizes the elemental power of Air and an energetic push toward action, creativity, and transformation. It denotes physical or sexual virility, shifting tides, and the power to create change by choosing to act rather than refrain. Reversed, it signals stagnation, impotence, delays, resistance to change, or failed actions and magick. In magickal practice the card is used to invoke change, speed, and the Air element, while reversed it can be used to stop or hinder actions already in progress.

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Description

The elemental powers of Air; physical or sexual virility; things are moving and tides are shifting; major change; choosing to do rather than to not do; taking swift action; quickness; transformation; the power to create change is in your hands; the situation is currently in flux; changeability; flexibility; the magickal arts; making a fresh start; the spell is successful; an idea that demands attention; higher thinking leads to new insight.

Reversed

Stagnation; physical or sexual impotence; failure to make a needed change; a delay; a failure to take action; an action or change that did not benefit the querent; a need to do more; a resistance to change; a failed bit of magick; an action is stopped or an idea is hindered.

Magickal Uses

Use to invoke change, encourage transformation, or to bring an extra boost of swiftness to any spell. It can also be used in spellwork and ritual to represent the Air element, to represent magick itself, or to represent your highest thoughts and ideas. Reversed, use to stop or delay an action that is currently underway or to hinder changes that are already in progress.

Visual Description

A single wooden wand, sprouting a few small leaves, rises diagonally through a sky of golden light and billowing clouds. Beams of sunlight radiate from the lower right where the wand pierces the cloud, and two small birds fly in silhouette nearby. The card title 'Ace of Wands' appears on a decorative ribbon at the bottom.

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