Blog Post #20 – Tarot Card for the Week of Dec. 17th – Dec. 23th

       Ace of Wands

Illustration from the Tarot Illuminati by Erik C. Dunne

This weeks blog post Tarot Reading card is the Ace of Wands. It is a card of New beginnings, inspiration coming from Spirit, ideas and projects that are started with great energy, enthusiasm, optimism and passion. This week you may find yourself being all fired up and raring and tearing to get going on a new idea or project that you suddenly were inspired to do or create. You may find your libido or passion for someone is at a peak. You feel over the Moon in love (or at least in lust) for them and like you are capable of doing anything. Because this energy is so intense it fuels everything in your life and propels you forward. It may be THE Source of your energy right now. You will feel on top of the World and like you can scale tall buildings in a single bound, like Superman or Supergirl. Anything you can think up, you feel driven to do, and you have the confidence the do it too. But this is only the inspiration, the first step or the idea itself. It does not guarantee that you will complete it. That part is up to you. But this card gives you the inspiration, idea, enthusiasm, the energy and the drive to get you off to a good start. Use it well!

On the card we have quite a lot of symbolism… The main image to recognize is the Wand. It symbolizes ones power and energy. On the Wand we see little cherubs at the top which symbolize the power and inspiration for these ideas comes from Spirit/Universe/ or the Source (Whatever Source your beliefs are seated in). They also have a bow and arrow, which you might recognize as a symbol of love and attraction like you might see on a Valentine’s Day card. So love or attraction could be the source of your idea or energy right now. You also see that the Wand is Gold, symbolizing that these ideas, projects and goals have great value to you. The Wand also has vines growing up it. The Gold vines symbolize it’s growth and success is worth it’s weight in Gold to you. You my also notice that growing from the Wand and up to the persons wrist is green growth… this suggests that this is something just sprouting, and in order to continue it’s growth, it is up to you to see that it keeps growing and can be brought into the physical World and manifested. Right below the green growth, we see flames licking at the Wand. This symbolizes the passion, enthusiasm, optimism and our energy that drives us in the outer World and keeps us going and gives us our purpose. This is known as Kundulini energy. That surge of Spirit that flows hot and heavy in us. Sexual energy that can be used to propel and drive us forward. We need to take care that we put this energy to good use and to further our goals and desires, otherwise it becomes too hot for us or others to handle and can become destructive energy, or on the other hand… just burns itself up and goes out all together. The steam on the lake below the Wand tells us just how hot this energy can get, so use it in a constructive way or you could burn yourself or others up or out. Use it to thrust you forward in achieving your goals (as suggested by the magnificent mansion on the hill in the background), keeping your energy up in order to propel you forward with enthusiasm and passion in and for life. This is the beginning of something new. It is up to you to keep the fire going so that you may see it through to it’s completion.