24-Three of Wands – Reversed Salem Deck

Your Chosen Card – Three of Wands Reversed Salem Deck

When reversed, the Three of Wands suggests that something is holding you back from starting a new venture or from taking the proper steps for your future growth and development. Perhaps your goals are unrealistic, or the advice you have followed is unsound. Your efforts may have been careless or misguided. You need to reevaluate the situation and re-assess your skills and commitment as well as those of the people you have selected as associates. Have you planned optimally and created the proper structure to increase your chances for success?

Keywords Reversed: poor planning, lack of foresight, carelessness, arrogance, half-baked schemes, unrealistic goals, missed opportunities, false starts, foolish risks, lack of cooperation, unreliable partners, unsound advice, misguided effort, neglect, the need to reassess the situation.

Timing: 10 Aries–20 Aries. Tropical, 30 March–9 April. Sidereal, 24 April–3 May
Astrology: The mighty Sun (exalted) in the second decan of fiery Aries, realm of the Queen of Wands (Water of Fire) and the Emperor (Aries). The exaltation of the Sun in Aries enhances its power, virtue, pride and strength.
Number Symbolism: 3 – fertility, a creative environment, a triadic relationship, the first fruits of a joint venture.

Etteilla: Enterprise, daring, audacity, start, effort; (R) repose, intermission, interruption of misfortunes, the end of worry.

When Three of Wands is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If Three of Wands is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Three 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 reversed card reading for Three 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.


Here are some snippets from a few of my favorite books

Portable Magic
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Portable Magic: In some Tarot decks that follow the system of the Golden Dawn, such as the Thoth deck of Aleister Crowley, the signs of the zodiac are printed on the faces of these twelve trumps. However, with traditional decks it is necessary to memorize the relationship so that you can lay the cards out quickly and with confidence.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: When reversed, the Three of Wands suggests that something is holding you back from starting a new venture or from taking the proper steps for your future growth and development. Perhaps your goals are unrealistic, or the advice you have followed is unsound. Your efforts may have been careless or misguided. You need to reevaluate the situation and re-assess your skills and commitment as well as those of the people you have selected as associates. Have you planned optimally and created the proper structure to increase your chances for success?

Tarot for Beginners: However, The Emperor reversed can warn of domination, inflexibility, excessive control and even rigidity. You or someone you know is losing perspective on the situation: take a step back and remember that flexibility is the necessary counterpart to solid structure.

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Reversed Cards: Have you ever just taken something from someone because you could? Maybe you thought you were just borrowing their idea, dulling their light, or putting it out there where it could do some good. But in reality you knew if you took action, you would get the glory. The human ego is very good at convincing us that all things that benefit us are good. The shadow aspect of this card lets you know that you acted with intention. You knew the consequences and you were thrilled by them. Someone else’s loss was your gain and you loved it.