Three of Wands explained

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.

Divination usage

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 in reversed, it means the end of a task, toil, a cessation, and disappointment.

Key meanings

The key meanings of the Three of Wands:^[1]

• 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".^[2]

Notes and References

1. Trusted Tarot (2010) Three of Wands
2. Web site: Eliot, T. S. 1922. The Waste Land. www.bartleby.com. 2020-01-01.