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The Suit of Wands

Card
Meaning
Upright -
A charming, responsible, loyal, entertaining, witty, honest, conscientious and generous person. A lover of the home and family life. A very passionate and virile man who is good at moral support and encouragement. When pushed or provoked he acts without hesitation, but can sometimes find this hard as he can often see both sides of an argument.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
He has an inability to understand or appreciate another's point of view, particularly if they are coming from a lower moral standpoint than his own. He is intolerant, narrow minded and a bigot with deep prejudices. He has a ruthless streak and cares little for the feelings of others.
Upright -
A lady of the manor either living in or loving the country. A very generous, capable and fair person especially in her dealings with people. A woman who is both fertile in mind and body and a homemaker. She enjoys social ease due to her charm and is protective towards those in her circle. The card may also indicate the success of a project.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A person who has a tendency to dominate or to be bitter; an envious, matriarchal and overbearing woman. A person who has a cruel very dry sense of humor and tends to image people are out to get her, even though malice was never present or intended.
Upright -
A lover of action, this is the card of someone who has a well-liked, energetic, confident, but sometimes unpredictable nature. He has an engaging temperament and his actions sometimes a little swift do tend to make sense with hindsight.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
This person's enthusiasm is so great it becomes at odds with those around. Someone who enjoys discord, arguments, strife and trouble just for the sake of it and actively seeks to cause it. Card may also indicate delayed journeys.
Upright -
A trustworthy, reliable young person, with an inborn desire to bring happiness, excitement and light to those around. This person is a messenger of good news and witty gossip. A person who is faithful in service to superiors.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Honest qualities, that may turn to petulance. Someone who believes they are trustworthy, but all the time being unfaithful. A person unable to keep a confidence someone who betrays trust and spreads gossip. The card can also indicate journeys that are delayed or a change of address.
Upright -
An exciting new project or career. The essence of fire, creativity, inventiveness, ambition and enthusiasm. The aggressive pursuit of new ventures. Foundations for future success, intuition, conception, fertility, artistic innovation and manhood.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Bareness, impotence, sterility, avarice, greed. An over confidence that ends in tears. In a woman's spread this card may indicate trouble with men.
Upright -
Success that has been achieved through hard work. Strength of character and will ensuring that ideas come to fruition. The responsible use of power and wisdom gained through experience. Wealth obtained legally. Job-related perks.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Naked ambition that knows no bounds. The attainment of a worthless ambition. Riches and fortune obtained illegally, dishonestly or via deception. Loss of faith in ones own rationale and oneself.
Upright -
Dreams that turn into reality through circumstance and being in the right place at the right time. Successful ventures launched, inspiration and original ideas. Strength coming from successful enterprise due to the courage of one's convictions. Plans and ventures that are moving ahead.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Failure to put plans into action. Striving for unattainable goals. Lack of communication between dreams and reality. Failure of a promising looking enterprise. Great plans that do not come to fruition. A retreat from reality into fantasy.
Upright -
The fruits of one's labour, hard work resulting in the successful completion of a project. This is the card of the professional man: an innovator or renowned designer. The establishment of culture, Refinement, charm, attractiveness and splendour. Depending upon the surrounding cards, there is a possibility of romance.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Happiness that is unorthodox in nature. A life ruled by superfluous and artificial constraints and rules. Tradition which leads to innate snobbery and superiority and exceptional and profound reliance upon ceremony, decorum and routine. A period of respite before successfully concluding a project.
Upright -
Problems and possibly upheaval that simply cannot be avoided. Minor irritations may also occur, but whatever the circumstances, i.e. tests, opposition, trouble strife; great mental agility and the use of ones inner mental resources will be needed to triumph. Success can be achieved but only through relentless hard work.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Trickery, fraud, defeat, hurt and ruin. Litigation and legal wrangles that could be avoided. Spiteful conversation and unnecessary competitiveness
Upright -
The arrival of fantastic, good news. Success and great public acclaim gained through hard work and effort. Hopefulness, and satisfaction in what has been achieved. The surmounting of obstacles through tact and diplomacy rather than use of force. Victory and triumph.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Indecision, fear that one's enemies are engaging in surreptitious activity. Fear about the outcome of a situation. Delayed news or rewards or possibly even bad news.
Upright -
Successful advancement. A time of great opportunity requiring much skill, courage and determination in order to succeed. Strength of nerve, great fortitude and courage in the face of hardship. An indication that success may be achieved through sustained effort. Indicates strong and powerful competition.
Ill Dignified or Reversed
- Indecision and retreat. Lack of decisiveness that causes the challenge to be lost. Opportunities lost through hesitation. Giving in just as the end was in sight. Depending upon surrounding cards a turning away from success due to fears of responsibility may be indicated.
Upright -
Understanding and harmony. The time and conditions are right to facilitate success. A process of speeding-up and an end to delays. A time for 'grasping the nettle', taking the initiative or taking charge. This card also indicates: important journeys, correspondence, and favourable news. A card of hope.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Disputes and disagreements. Great effort and a driving force that is totally wasted through the running out of steam. Silly, spontaneous actions. Cancelled journeys and possibly redundancy or sacking. Jumping in both feet first before testing the water.
Upright -
Order, discipline an unassailable position. Any opposition will be defeated. Courage in the face of attack or adversity and a stability that cannot be removed. Good health.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Lack or inability to give and take. Projects pursued that are destined to fail because of their impractical nature. Delays and disarray. Card could indicate possible poor or ill health. A secure position that is no longer. Personality flaws.
Upright -
Conduct that is honourable. Great good fortune that is now a burden due to it's demanding nature and demands on time. Diseconomies of scale in business, a successful pastime that can no longer be administered by its creator. Lack of social life due to the demands of a project, job or overtime.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A concerted effort to spoil the pleasures and affairs of others because of jealousy. Treachery. An inability to delegate in a job, leading to unnecessary stress. Lies and deceit used to upset others.




The Suit of Pentacles

Card
Meaning
Upright -
A loyal and dependable leader who is neither particularly intelligent or imaginative. He is trustworthy, patient, cautious and uses his inborn wisdom to increase his wealth. He is slow to lose his temper, but once angered he stands rigid against his enemies.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A person who is easily bought, dull, very materialistic and mercenary. He is blind to beauty and hates change as he finds it hard to adapt. He treads a well worn path even if it leads nowhere.
Upright -
A capable and practical businesswoman, who enjoys her material comforts. She has a responsible attitude to her wealth and uses it to advance the fortunes of those in her inner circle. She is neither particularly bright nor insightful, but has depth of feeling, with an appreciation of life's pleasures.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A person that enjoys the company of sycophants to shield her from criticism and uses her wealth to do this. She is unable to see beyond material possessions or rise above them. She can be highly changeable with a suspicious and narrow-minded outlook towards things that are either new or that she misunderstands. Fortune used for displays of grandeur and opulence.
Upright -
An impassive, indifferent and stoical person, who does not always appreciate the feelings of others. A very traditional person who is clever in monetary affairs, patient and hardworking.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A greedy and grasping person, sometimes self satisfied and smug. Depending upon the surrounding cards may indicate that finances have reached a break even point or even a standstill.
Upright -
A meticulous, hardworking man, proud of his responsibilities. He is essentially honourable, a good administrator, but may sometimes be a little too diligent and overzealous in his duties.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
A person with no sense of humour and full of his own importance. A person who enjoys the power he wields over those below him. Depending upon the surrounding cards there may be some unwelcome news concerning monetary matters.
Upright -
Financial change for the better, material comfort, physical well being, wealth, possessions and an appreciation of the good things in life. The essence and luxury of the Element of Earth.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Greed, dependence upon physical pleasures for happiness, avarice, miserliness, materialism. Lack of imagination and fear of death.
Upright -
Vast change and fluctuations. A need to balance many skills when planning ahead. A warning against purchasing items on credit. The cards indicates: imminent changes and movement, such as news, journeys, communications, money, material preoccupations. All change must be skillfully navigated with knowledgeable manipulation of life's rules, in order to attain continued success. There needs to be careful handling of established business.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Fecklessness, reckless elation, and discounting warnings of impending trouble. Debt, also may indicate over-indulgence in physical pleasures or drunkenness. Inability to complete a project.
Upright -
Success gained through hard work and effort. A gain in commerce and an increase in material things. This is the card of the businessman, craftsman and merchant. Skillful work is both awarded and appreciated. A good time to start a project, with an indication of help in business.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Miserliness, missed opportunities through fear of loss, inability to benefit from the advice of others as a result of obstinacy, conceit or prejudice. Effort that yields disappointing results.
Upright -
Financial and material security. An increase in power and authority in business, through influence and wealth. Business and monetary obstacles will be overcome. Promotion. Force is not needed to achieve law and order, it can be done through negotiation.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Lack of an ability to delegate work, bureaucracy that destroys individual initiative. Greed. A fear of losing that which is familiar and established which in turn makes for opposition to change.
Upright -
Redundancy, loss of financial stability, material worries, poverty. A warning of money troubles lying ahead, however there is a suggestion that restriction in certain areas may open doors in others. Avenues yet to be explored, a message of not being too despondent.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Long term unemployment. Lack of success. Poverty and destitution. Adversity that may be overcome was it not for a lack of imagination or ability to be less obstinate.
Upright -
Solvency in material affairs, clearance of debts and use of good fortune to the benefit of others. Repayment of favours. Charity, patronage, sympathy and a kind heart.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Reckless and careless behaviour with money. Loss of money through carelessness, deceit or theft. Extravagance.
Upright -
Promising projects that fail. A warning not to rest upon one's laurels as success is only attainable through continued hard work. Material success may be possible but the nettle must be grasped. Previous past effort wasted through inertia in the present. Reaping no reward from charitable work.
Ill Dignified or Reversed
-Self induced money worries. Bankruptcy, possibly gambling, promising circumstances that end in failure. Financial insecurity.
Upright -
The use of one's skills and personal interests to rewarding and profitable ends. Reaping the fruits of one's labour, a small increase in money. An advantageous card for any talented or enthusiastic individuals. To enjoy lasting success efforts should be continuous and not halted prematurely. Thriftiness.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Inappropriate use of energy and skills for unsuitable ends. Dishonest dealings in business affairs. Short term gain at the expense of long term profit.
Upright -
The enjoyment of hard earned success. Financial gains made from unexpected sources, such as: monetary gifts, winnings, inheritances and settlements. Unearned income possibly from a divorce settlement. Popularity, common sense and order arising out of chaos.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
Affluence obtained via deception. Theft, swindling and pilfering. Corruption and success earned from the backs and misfortunes of others. This card also warns that present calm and stability will not be sustained.
Upright -
Emotional and financial stability. Family fortunes, inheritance and prosperity that has been built up and handed down over the generations. The formation of family tradition. This card may indicated good fortune regarding a dowry.
Ill Dignified or Reversed -
The negative effects of vast wealth and the restrictive effects of long tradition. Family arguments about money, or the breaking up of an estate after a death. Card may also indicate burglary.




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