
ACE
of WANDS
The Aces offer all the benevolent gifts of their suit, seeming to be offered out of the blue. They are positive cards of opportunity and inspiration
“A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.”
–Paulo Coelho
This Ace is presented to you as a gift of fire energy in its most positive beneficial form. It is the ‘fire in the belly’ to tackle a new challenge or explore a new idea. It is inspiration that pushes us to act. It wants to get moving and to test itself against all competitors. This is ambition, passion and desire that won’t sit smoldering for long, it wants to get moving. We can think of that hand holding the wand as looking to light a fire under our backside
There is also a gift of intuitive, gut knowing. The Ace of Wands trusts its instincts and isn’t afraid to act on them. This card is sometimes a prompt to give our gut feelings a little more credit, or even to simply get in touch with them.
One of the most powerful gifts of this suit is its optimism. With Wands energy we have tremendous faith in our abilities and the rightness of our goals.
The suit also offers creative inspiration. In Ace of Wands times in our lives we can come up with all sorts of solutions to any problem we encounter.
Since Wands also govern sexual desire, this card might be about a time in our life when that drive is taking the front seat.
The suit of WANDS:
- Drive
- Vitality
- Ambition
- Gut Feelings
- Action
The ACES:
- Gifts of the suit
- Beginnings
- Opportunities
- Surprises
Meditations/ Questions for an Ace of Wands Day
What is your relationship to ambition? Do you consider it admirable or a character flaw?
What long-term goal drives you more than any other?
Can you believe in a bright future?
The fire that drives us, like any fire, needs tending. It needs fuel and open air.
