Prince of Wands
The Prince of Wands stands before a totem pole wreathed in smoke, gazing at a vision of Raven, who tells the Prince to undertake a quest to find his true Self.
The quest will involve the Prince leaving behind all that he knows and finding new worlds. He will need courage, initative and ingenuity. There will be no one to urge him on, so he must motivate himself. His journey will take him outside his known world and he must discover for himself the secrets and properties of the animals, plants and rocks around him. These qualities are inherent to the Wands energy.
Raven draws the night behind him, in his wake. This suggests that the aftermath of Raven's visit upon the young man will bring mystery into his life. As the emissary of the spirit world to the young man, Raven represents a constant and a bridge between the worlds. The young man faces the night. He does not fear the mystery before him. He follows his calling with faith, a faith that he will encounter what he must, and what does not kill him makes him stronger.
Throughout these Courts, we see the suggestion of mystery. In the image of the Prince, this appears in the form of the smoke. Fire, element of Wands, enspirits and reveals, yet it generates smoke, and where its light falls it inevitably casts a shadow. This is because there is always another revelation calling us. The more we discover, the more there is to find.
\m/ Kat