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The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination

THE SUIT OF WANDS.

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition De Laurence, L. W. (Lauron William) and Smith, Pamela Colman
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From the four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nosegays; at their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house.
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Divinatory Meanings: They are for once almost on the surface—country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these.
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Reversed: The meaning remains unaltered; it is prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment.
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A calm, stately personage, 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.
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Divinatory Meanings: He symbolizes established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery; those are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea. The card also signifies able co-operation in business, as if the successful merchant prince were looking from his side towards yours with a view to help you.
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Reversed: The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.

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The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Project Gutenberg eBook #43548

Section 2 THE LESSER ARCANA THE SUIT OF CUPS.