29-Eight of Wands – Upright Golden Deck

Your Chosen Card – Eight of Wands Upright Golden Deck

When upright, the Eight of Wands signifies swiftness in thought and deed. You are able to progress rapidly in a controlled and thoughtful manner. Your enthusiasm and confidence propel you forward. Your quick thinking and readiness to act decisively augur success in your endeavors. Messages and information pass quickly to and fro. This is one of the ‘travel’ cards of the tarot, suggesting that a journey or plane flight may be in the offing. Time spent in the countryside can be pleasant and refreshing. The flying wands on this card also symbolize Cupid’s arrows and may mean being smitten by love.

Keywords Upright: Swiftness, great haste, rapid progress, controlled acceleration, sport, enthusiasm, speeding toward a goal, the end of delay, confidence, quick thinking, rapid transfer of information, inspirational ideas, news from afar, an express messenger, contact with foreigners or people at a distance, Cupid’s arrow, love letters, flight, travel by air, rapid transit, a visit to the countryside.

Timing: 0 Sagittarius–10 Sagittarius. Tropical, 23 November–2 December. Sidereal, 16 December–24 December.
Astrology: Quick and clever Mercury (debilitated) in the first decan of fiery Sagittarius, realm of the Knight of Wands (Fire of Fire) and Temperance (Sagittarius). Mercury is linked to the Magician.
Number Symbolism: 8 – movement, action, power, determination.

When Eight of Wands is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If Eight of Wands is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Eight of Wands is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for Eight of Wands using cards from the Golden Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


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Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: When upright, the Eight of Wands signifies swiftness in thought and deed. You are able to progress rapidly in a controlled and thoughtful manner. Your enthusiasm and confidence propel you forward. Your quick thinking and readiness to act decisively augur success in your endeavors. Messages and information pass quickly to and fro. This is one of the ‘travel’ cards of the tarot, suggesting that a journey or plane flight may be in the offing. Time spent in the countryside can be pleasant and refreshing. The flying wands on this card also symbolize Cupid’s arrows and may mean being smitten by love.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: According to the Golden Dawn, several major arcana cards are associated with the element Air and the airy suit of Swords. These include:

Portable Magic: At the same time, she releases the accumulated energy of desire and intention from her heart centre, where it is focused. She uses her right hand to draw it from the centre of her chest and direct it in the form of a lance of light through the centre of the triangle of golden fire that floats upright upon the air above the three elemental trumps. Bright white radiance fills the astral triangle, and the whirling air in the circle falls still.

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Portable Magic: At the same time, she releases the accumulated energy of desire and intention from her heart centre, where it is focused. She uses her right hand to draw it from the centre of her chest and direct it in the form of a lance of light through the centre of the triangle of golden fire that floats upright upon the air above the three elemental trumps. Bright white radiance fills the astral triangle, and the whirling air in the circle falls still.