Four of Wands Tarot Card Meaning and Art Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
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About the Deck
Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
These cards are featured in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot" by Loren Lundgren. I took the information for the meanings on these tarot cards from "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination", by A. E. Waite, 1911, now in the public domain. I edited the tarot card descriptions and meanings for clarity and brevity, modernizing the text. I scanned in the original black and white illustrations of the cards drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1911 book. I digitally retouched and painted those illustrations in detailed color.
Provenance
Loren Lundgren, © 2021
Description
From four staves planted in the foreground, a great garland hangs. Two female figures hold up bouquets. To one side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old mansion.Meaning of Four of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Country life, safe haven, domestic harvest; home, rest, tranquility, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfection of these.
Reversed
Prosperity, growth, cheerfulness, beauty, embellishment.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Obstacles to be prepared for.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Unexpected good fortune.
Reversed
A married woman will have beautiful children.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Society, Union, Association, Concord, Harmony
Reversed
Prosperity, Success, Happiness, Advantage.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
you will be slandered and deceived, but it will turn out for your advantage. At a certain place there is some one waiting for you – let him not wait in vain.
