Your Chosen Card – Ace of Wands Upright Salem Deck
When upright, the Ace of Wands suggests new beginnings and promises success related to enterprise, ambition, identity formation, career, and self-realization. Your creative juices are flowing. You may be expanding your career, starting a new job, or initiating a business venture. This is a time characterized by enthusiasm, inventiveness, ambitious goals, and innovative projects. Wands are associated with the element Fire, the spark of life. This ace sometimes signals a pregnancy or the birth of a child. In the Prometheus myth, the fire this mythical figure steals from the gods signifies the awakening of the human mind.
Keywords Upright: Birth, creation, inspiration, excitement, passion, initial spark, commencement, inception, new life, pregnancy, source, beginning, the seed of Fire, the sprouting of a seed, conception, self-actualization, career opportunities.
Timing: Astrologically, Fire is linked to springtime.
Astrology: Root-force of Fire, the element associated with the season of spring.
Number Symbolism: 1 – initial spark, will, creation, beginnings, new life.
Crowley/Thoth: Phallic solar energy. Strength, power, natural force, vigor, speed, energy. Natural force as distinct from the invoked force of the Ace of Swords.
When Ace 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 Ace of Wands is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Ace 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 Ace of Wands using cards from the Salem 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: Card 10, the final outcome, was the Ace of Wands. The spread seemed to be indicating that he would be given an opportunity to pursue an exciting personal or professional ambition.
Tarot for Beginners: They signal beginnings, and are often considered to hold the ‘seed’ or absolute potential of a situation. As with any card, where they appear in a reading will determine how they are interpreted. For example, if the Ace of Wands appears in a reading in the ‘near future’ position, it could signal that you will soon be coming upon an inspiring idea that will help you see a solution to a particular problem. If this card were in the ‘past’ position instead, it would be assumed that this idea has already appeared. Aces are considered to be special cards with more power than the regular numbered cards, as they represent the unlimited potential of the forces that shape our lives.
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Tarot for Beginners: They signal beginnings, and are often considered to hold the ‘seed’ or absolute potential of a situation. As with any card, where they appear in a reading will determine how they are interpreted. For example, if the Ace of Wands appears in a reading in the ‘near future’ position, it could signal that you will soon be coming upon an inspiring idea that will help you see a solution to a particular problem. If this card were in the ‘past’ position instead, it would be assumed that this idea has already appeared. Aces are considered to be special cards with more power than the regular numbered cards, as they represent the unlimited potential of the forces that shape our lives.