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Nine of Wands Tarot Card Meaning

Nine of Wands belongs to the suit of Wands — the fire suit of will, creativity and ambition. Upright it speaks of resilience, last stand, grit; reversed, of exhaustion, paranoia. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Nine of Wands tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · WandsFireMoon in Sagittarius

Upright meaning

“The card signifies strength in opposition. If attacked, the person will meet an onslaught boldly; and his build shews, that he may prove a formidable antagonist. With this main significance there are all its possible adjuncts--delay, suspension, adjournment”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: resilience, last stand, grit, preparedness, caution.

Reversed meaning

“Obstacles, adversity, calamity”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: exhaustion, paranoia, giving up.

The archetype

In the language of the intuition function (will, vision and desire — the fire of becoming): fruition and solitude — the function ripens inwardly.

Astrology

Decan: Moon in Sagittarius. Fire triplicity (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius).

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