Slow but sure, getting there, but not forgotten
Radiant Rider-Waite
Ace of Wands
LWB
A hand issuing from a cloud grasps a stout wand or club
Divinatory Meaning
Creation, invention, enterprise, the powers which result in these, principle, beginning, source, birth, family, origin, the beginning of enterprise, according to another account - money, fortune and inheritance.
My Impressions
The hand holding the wand appears to come out of nowhere or thin air. So, then it can be seen since wands are associated with actions, but for actions to happen in the first place there may seem to need to have an idea, thought or concept to begin with. So, then if that is the case, then what you would expect has come out of nowhere or thin air. Since wands are an action suit, then it can be seen that once the idea, thought or concept has come about, then there would be immediate action to bring about something from that thought, idea or concept. The wand has leaves growing off it as a branch, and there are some leaves that are falling off. So, by looking at that then we can imagine that not only is there something come about due to this action with the thought, idea or concept, there may also be seen that some things have been stopped or been stripped away in a sense. As thinking of it looking at it in that way then that can also be a warning in the sense that perhaps you should let something finish before rushing into something else.
In the background of the card there is a tower, a white ivory tower. Then it can be seen that this action can be seen as bringing about destructive changes as well as needing to break down the walls that keep you imprisoned within your own walls. By the fact that I mentioned that you maybe imprisoned within your own walls, and the Ace of Wands may indicate that you may need to overcome certain restrictions in your life, whether they are the rules that keep you restrained and restricted, or those of that in your mind such as you self-doubts, fears, worries, insecurities and other self-sabotaging thoughts. If you have particular thoughts that you may have difficulty stating things in the first place, or that you are actually quite good at starting things but you stop yourself from progressing along with that to the completion due to fears or failure or whatever, so then it can be seen that you start things but you never complete anything. So you are constantly jumping from one thing to another. Other than that it could be seen that something that you may want to or actually have started may be frowned upon by family, friends, other loved ones, even the general public, even though there may not actually be anything wrong, due to ignorance and misconceptions that due to the convention of society so to speak you are not likely to start or continue on with it.
Due to the fact that this card is doing something without thinking about it too much, then it can be seen that your actions may be done without considering the consequences of your actions. You may do something that may seem like a good idea in the first place, where in reality it is a nightmare in the long run and you may have caused a lot of damage. But, this about doing thing that could be seen as impulsive, adventurous, reckless and spontaneous. It may be that you may have got angry and said or done something which you may later regret. You may lose some friends and in the sense that you have burned your bridges. Sometimes, but not always, these things can be actually better for you in the long run.
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Golden Tarot of Klimt
Ace of Wands
LWB
Spirit of initiative, departure, new projects and birth
My Impressions
According to the little white book wands for the Golden Tarot of Klimt deck represents learning and experiences therefore ingenuity and intellectual application. The card depicts a pregnant woman, where she is holding a shawl over her belly with one hand and the other hand it up in the air, and the way the hand is up reminds me of where you may be in a classroom raising your hand to ask a question. The woman has her head bowed down with her eyes closed. Almost contemplative, resting, or at least dreaming about where it is going to take her.
So, the fact that she is pregnant, gives the impression that something has been conceived, and that perhaps the ideas, thoughts or concepts have been acted on, but it is in the "incubation" period. This incubation period can be seen in the vact that it is not the time to do much about it. Since the wands suit according to this deck is supposed to indicate learning thus intelligence and ingenuity, then it can be seen that this is the time that she should be using to gather knowledge and understanding as much about it as she can.
Since the wands is also considered to be related to experiences, and the fact that she is pregnant and at the same time has her head down and her eyes closed may indicate that she is going through a self-evaluation process where she is thinking about the experiences in her life so she has a better understanding of herself. The fact that she is doing this, learning more about herself through her experiences, it can be seen that she would have better understanding of herself and her capabilities. Then, if that is the case, during this time it can be seen, since she is pregant, that this is the time where she can be going through a period of re-birth or maybe at crossroads. By looking at what she has done and achieved in her life, she can see what she is very capable of and what she really enjoys to do, and then from that she can form ideas of what she may want to do as in career, or perhaps even a hobby. Also, in the card, she is standing to the right of the card facing the left of the card, which helps to paint the picture, figuratively speaking, that she is looking at her past to see where that can take her into the future.
The background of the card is green with specks. The green indicates that it could be new growth and a new beginning of something. Green is usually associated with spring and when you say someone or something is "green" then you normally associate that with someone new and inexperiences or something new. On top of that, the specks which are in various colours could be seen as flowers, although they really don't look like flowers. Flowers are usually associated with spring, spring is usually associated with new life and blossoming of flowers. Blossoming usually indicates, in respect to someone, an unfolding of something, something, like spring that is new which is starting to bear fruit, in a manner of speaking.
