Five 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
A group of youths brandish staves, as if in sport. They play at mock warfare, and the divinatory meanings match this.Meaning of Five of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Imitation, as in a pretend fight, but also the battle of life—strenuous competition and the struggle of the search for riches and fortune. Thus, possibly a card of gold, gain, luxury.
Reversed
Litigation, disputes, trickery, contradiction.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Obstacles surmounted.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Success in financial speculation.
Reversed
Quarrels may be turned to advantage.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Gold, Opulence, Gain, Heritage, Riches, Fortune, Money
Reversed
Legal proceedings, Judgment, Law, Lawyer, Tribunal.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
signifies a person high in office, who is well disposed toward you.
