Nine of Wands Tarot Card Meaning and Art Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Pivotal and canonical, this deck defined a new pattern that would be followed up to the present. I made a digitally retouched and painted version of this deck, which I call the "Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck". The cards from that deck, as well as a modern English translation of the romantic English descriptions by Arthur Edward Waite (as appear on the Waite Smith Tarot deck) appear in a cross-referenced format in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot: In Vivid Color"
Provenance
Designed by A.E. Waite and Illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. England, 1911.
Tags
wands-9, nine-of-wands, nine, wands
Description
The figure leans upon his staff and has an expectant look, as if awaiting an enemy. Behind are eight other staves--erect, in orderly disposition, like a palisade.Meaning of Nine of Wands from the Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
The card signifies strength in opposition. If attacked, the person will meet an onslaught boldly; and his build shews, that he may prove a formidable antagonist. With this main significance there are all its possible adjuncts--delay, suspension, adjournment.
Reversed
Obstacles, adversity, calamity.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Great success.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Generally speaking, a bad card.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Annoyances. Troubles from friends. Quarrels. Lawsuit
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Order, Discipline, Good Arrangement, Disposition
Reversed
Obstacles, Crosses, Delay, Displeasure.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
An unlooked-for inheritance, money acquired under a will
Reversed
a small, friendly gift.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
difficulty with the police; suits at law; an inheritance by will.
