Three of Wands
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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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Divination usage
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A calm onlooker facing towards the sea. There's a possibility that he is a merchant or looking forward to a journey. The three represents creation – looking forward to something with optimism – a mission. This card symbolizes enterprise, trade, or commerce.
Keynotes: achievement – venture – traveling – pursuing a journey
If the card is reversed, it means the end of a task, toil, a cessation, and disappointment.
Key meanings
The key meanings of the Three of Wands:Trusted Tarot (2010) [http://www.trustedtarot.com/cards/three-of-wands/ Three of Wands]
- 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bartleby.com/201/1.html|title=Eliot, T. S. 1922. The Waste Land|website=www.bartleby.com|access-date=2020-01-01}}