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Five of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. Five of Wands or Five of Batons is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana". Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1]
In Aleister Crowley's 1944 The Book of Thoth, the suit of wands is associated with the action of the Will and the element of fire.The meaning of the suit as a whole focuses on ideas or readings associated with primal energy, spirituality, inspiration, determination, strength, intuition, creativity, ambition, expansion, [4] and original thought.
The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by the Rider Company in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Cartomantic tarot cards derived from Latin-suited packs typically have a Minor Arcana of 56 cards, with 14 cards in each suit: Wands (alternately batons, clubs, staffs, or staves), Cups (chalices, goblets, or vessels), Swords (or blades), and Coins (pentacles, disks, or rings).
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In cartomancy and occultist circles, the suit of batons is usually called the suit of wands. [1] Portuguese-suited playing cards were traded to Japan in the mid-16th century which influenced the development of Karuta where the 48-card Komatsufuda, 75-card Unsun Karuta, and 40-card Kabufuda decks still maintain this suit.
The Ace of Wands is a tarot card of the Minor Arcana, arcana being Latin for mysteries. The cards of the Minor Arcana are considered to be lesser compared to the Major Arcana because they discuss the minor mysteries of life, less important archetypes. [1] Modern tarot readers interpret the Ace of Wands as a symbol of optimism and invention.
Six of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Six of Wands, or Six of Batons, is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards, which include tarot decks.It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana," the six of wands cards in divination decks with illustrated pip cards, displays a laureled horseman bearing a staff adorned with laurel crown.