willowfox said:
Again I am still having this problem with the two of wands meaning a partnership and having two faeries on it, also the 3 wands is strange also, the 4 wands of wands meaning receiving a gift does not gel either.
the suit of wands is the one that is the most difficcult for me in this deck, because the emaning of the cards can only be understood if you read the stories , fables, that accompany each suit...
They do follow the traditional blueprint though, if you really read carefully the description in the book....the 2 of wands traditionally does include the emaning of the forming of a partership, of the ebginning of an enterprise...soomething has been fromed form the initial spark of the Ace, not fully formed ....this is number 2, the partership number....
The number 3 she says in the book that represents the time to move forward, that is a time to make a map of your journey and that fits with the traditional meaning of the 3 of wands...a time when what was achived in the 2 starts to grow, you can envision what is ahead and waht is coming...your projects, ideas start to look possible....there is a looking at the future energy here and that goes well with "perparing a map" as said in the book...
The 4 of wands it is traditionally a cards of celebration and well deserved rest, it is a card where we enjoy a solid foundation...this card can signify a vacation, a comfortable, happy home...in the book it is said "a gift is given"...well, i have had this card (the traditional one) come up for me when I did receive a "gift"...that is the way the reader, a very skilled Tarot reader interpreted it....she told me that I would be receiving a gift, a long awaited break after a long difficult period....
So the traditional menaing are there but expressed in different words and imagery...once you read the story you will make better sense of it...
I hope this helped you some and I did not end up confusing you more
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