25-Four of Questing – Reversed Mage Deck

Your Chosen Card – Four of Wands Reversed Mage Deck

When reversed, the Four of Wands hints at interruptions in completing a project or committing to a relationship. An offer on a house you were hoping to buy may not be accepted. An important goal may go unrealized, as you learn that more work is required to make it a reality. Rather than preoccupying yourself with worry, put your effort into getting the job done. This is generally a positive card, and any delays are likely to be short-lived.

Keywords Reversed: Delay in completing a task, unrealized goals, worry about getting the job done, more work is required, no rest for the weary.

Timing: 20 Aries–30 Aries. Tropical, 9 April–19 April. Sidereal, 4 May–13 May.
Astrology: Lovely and affectionate Venus (debilitated) in the third decan of fiery Aries, realm of the Waite King/Thoth Prince of Coins (Air of Earth) and the Emperor (Aries). Venus is linked to the Empress.
Number Symbolism: 4 – structure, stability, building, order, foundation, manifestation.

Four Of Wands: Perfecting Work Through Alliances

When Four 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 Four of Wands is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Four 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 Four of Wands using cards from the Mage 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

Complete Book of Tarot
Book Details
Complete Book of Tarot: Waite (1911): Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading say: hope and bright prospects; (R) arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.

Tarot Books

Complete Book of Tarot: High Priestess (reversed), Three of Pentacles (upright), and Four of Wands (upright) (left to right)

Angel Encyclopedia: In One Magic Christmas (1985) angel Gideon (Harry Dean Stanton dressed as a cowboy who plays the harmonica up in a tree), stops time, saves lives, takes a little girl to the North Pole to see Santa Claus, and reverses history to rekindle the spirit of Christmas in an embittered midwestern housewife, played by Mary Steenburgen.

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