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Queen of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
The Queen of Wands tarot card means confidence, warmth and determination. Warmth and confidence.
Upright
- Confidence
- warmth
- determination
Reversed
- Jealousy
- insecurity
- a short fuse
Yes or no
Yes
The Queen of Wands is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Wands. Wands are the suit of fire: energy, ambition, work you care about and the drive to get things moving.
What the card shows
A queen sits on a throne carved with lions, holding a wand in one hand and a sunflower in the other. A black cat sits at her feet.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Queen of Wands is read as confident warmth. She is sociable, determined and sure of herself, and she lifts the people around her. The card can stand for a person like that or for that side of you.
Queen of Wands reversed
Reversed, it is read as insecurity, jealousy, or a temper that flares.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Queen of Wands is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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