Three of Wands

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Three of Batons ("bastos") from a Spanish deck

The Three of Wands, or Three of Batons, is a playing card of the suit of wands. In tarot, it is a Minor Arcana card.

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Three of Wands from the Rider–Waite tarot deck

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Divination usage

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Keynotes : achievement – venture – travel – pursuing a journey.

If reversed, it suggests completion, hard work ending, or disappointment.

Key meanings

The key meanings of the Three of Wands:[1]

  • Achievement
  • Fresh starts
  • Long-term success
  • Partnerships
  • Trade

In popular culture

In the 1922 poem The Waste Land, T. S. Eliot associates The Man with Three Staves with the Fisher King, "quite arbitrarily".[2]

References

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  1. Three of Wands. Trusted Tarot (2010)
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