Page 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 young man stands as if making a proclamation. He is unknown but faithful, and his tidings are strange.Meaning of Page of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Dark young man; a faithful man, a lover, a messenger, a postman. When beside a man, he will bear favorable testimony concerning him. A dangerous rival, if followed by the Page of Cups. He may signify news of family.
Reversed
Stories, announcements, evil news. Also indecision and the instability that accompanies it.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A dark child. A friend. Also represents a message or letter from a near relation.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Young man of family in search of young lady.
Reversed
Bad news.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Discord in family. Unhappiness between lovers. Illness. Protracted sufferings.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A Good Stranger, Good News, Pleasure, Satisfaction
Reversed
Ill News, Displeasure, Chagrin, Worry.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A ready-witted young man, clever at his work and ardent in his love
Reversed
irresponsible and fickle.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
signifies jealousy; when it is an unmarried person who inquires of the cards, this jealousy, alas! Is well founded.
