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Ten of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Ten of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card of the suit of wands. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes. [1] [2]
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The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by William Rider & Son 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.
The negative aspects of the Suit of Wands include illusion, egotistical behaviour, impulsiveness, a lack of direction or purpose, or a perception of meaninglessness. Wands cards often represent the astrological signs of Fire: Leo, Sagittarius and Aries. A wands court card often relates to a person with a Leo, Sagittarius or Aries star sign.
Queen of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Queen of Wands is a court card in the Minor Arcana set of the tarot. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes. [1] [2]
The Page of Wands (or jack or knave of wands or 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. Page of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1]
Like other tarot cards, the symbolism of the Magician is interpreted differently depending on whether the card is drawn in an upright or reversed position. While the upright Magician represents potential and tapping into one's talents, the reversed Magician's potential and talents are unfocused and unmanifested. [6]
Crowley renamed several of the trumps compared to earlier arrangements, and also re-arranged the numerical, astrological and Hebrew alphabet correspondences of 4 trumps compared to the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn's inner order deck in accordance with the Tarot of Marseilles, his 1904 book The Book of the Law (Liber AL vel Legis) and its "New Commentary."