Radiant Rider-Waite
Three of Wands
LWB
A calm, stately figure, with his back turned, looking from a cliff's edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the ground and he leans slightly on one of them.
Divinatory Meaning
He symbolises established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, discovery and commerce; those are his ship, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea
My Impressions
It would seem like he has gotten to a certain point, but he is waiting for something, but for what? There are times when we let the circumstances dictate to us what we are what is going to happen, but since this is a wand card, which means it is time for action without giving it too much thought, then this can be considered that it is the opposiet of waiting for something, that we should be making something happen.
Also, often there are times when we let certain things stand in our way to get things moving and happening, usually these are associated with our thoughts and to a certain degree our circumstances, environment and the people we associate with. The thoughts that could hinder our progress and get to the point where we can be considered to be in a state of inaction would be our self-doubts, fears, worries, insecurities and other self-sabotaging thoughts. So in this card could indicate that what you have started could be promising, but you need to pursue it to make something out of in, in other words it is not a time to give up or sit around for your ships to come in. If you wait for your ships to come in, you may feel discouraged at the lack of progress. Where here, it is needed is more action to get your goals closer. Other things that may be the people you are invooved with, whether they are friends, family, work colleagues or other associations may be a negative influence to you, which may steer you from your goal. So, it is a matter of not letting them stand in your way, kindly or maybe not so kindly tell them to get out of your way. Of course, there are other people who be supportive of what you are doing, and will stand by you through the good times and the bad times, also these people may help you along your journey towards your goal.
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Golden Tarot of Klimt
3 of Wands
LWB
Resourcefulness, cleaning, presicion and well-considered decisions.
My Impressions
A naked woman standing, flowers in her hair, looking a bit stunned, afraid or apprehensive, holding something iwth a handle that can be seen to be a magnifying glass or a crystal ball. There is some bits of blue in the background, which can be seen as swirling, which makes me think of thoughts that are churning around in her head, which makes me think that has stopped her in her tracks and made her think what she is doing is the right thing with the thoughts swirling around in her head. Some of these thoughts would be such things as self-doubts, fears, worries, insecurities and other self-sabotaging thoughts which may be along the lines "Have I done the right thing?" "What if I fail?", well actually a lot of "What if.......?" Since it could be seen that she is holding a magnifying glass would indicate that she is seeing a lot of details, minute details, which is distracting her from seeing the big picture. These detaisl could indicate things like potential pitfalls and problems, which if she keeps focussed on that she won't actually see what is good about it. The saying, I might get this wrong, "Can't see the forest from the trees" would apply here.
Since there are flowers in the card then this would indicate that there has been something come from this, in the sense that something is growing and blossoming. Instead of looking to the future and seeing what needs to be done, and possibly thinking that it is hopeless that you can never achieve this, perhaps it could be a time to see how far you really have come. So, in other words, by looking back you can see what you already have accomplished and achieved with this, and this would help you to feel proud about how foar you have come and will give you the hope to keep going. If you don't do this, then what you need to do will feel rather daunting. Another thing that this card might be saying is that you may find be looking too far ahead in the future it will make you feel that it is impossible, whereas if you break down your goal into smaller, more easily achieved steps, and fous on these instead, then this will make it appear that it would be more achieveable. Another thing, something I like to do, is to just think of one day at a time, as say today or tomorrow, I am going to do this, this and this. That way, the progress you will be making, and the headway you will make or need to make would be more realistic and manageable.