Western Tarot symbolism
Eight of Wands
The prose describes a flight of wands across open country, approaching the end of its course. Its primary meanings connect the picture with activity, speed and a messenger's haste. The additional list assigns domestic disputes for a married person, whereas the main list places jealousy and quarrels among reversed readings. The same topic therefore occupies different positions in the two lists.
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The card account
LiteraryThe prose describes a flight of wands across open country, approaching the end of its course. Its primary meanings connect the picture with activity, speed and a messenger's haste.
Comparing the lists
LiteraryThe additional list assigns domestic disputes for a married person, whereas the main list places jealousy and quarrels among reversed readings. The same topic therefore occupies different positions in the two lists.
Context & interpretation
The active library scan carries L. W. de Laurence’s name and reproduces material associated with A. E. Waite’s Tarot exposition. This entry follows that supplied edition’s card prose and supplementary lists. Historical divinatory assignments and period character labels are distinguished from the pictured symbolism and from independently supported judgements about people or future events.
Original passages
Source 1
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
a flight of wands through an open country; but they draw to the term of their course. That Mdiich they signifiy is at hand ; itOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, supplied de Laurence edition; card description, active reader leaf 98
Exact supplied-edition extracted passage actually read; whitespace-normalised quotation anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Image descriptions attributed to printed prose; no new full-plate visual inspection asserted.
- Edition
- IMJ-0149-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0149-E001-P0098
- Original scan leaf
- 104
- Recorded leaf number
- 104
- Current Reader position
- 98
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
Eight.—Domestic disputes for a married person. Seven.—A dark child. Six.—Servants may lose the confidence of their masters ; a young lady may be betrayed by aOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: The Illustrated Key to the Tarot, supplied de Laurence edition; additional meanings, active reader leaf 150
Exact supplied-edition extracted passage actually read; whitespace-normalised quotation anchor and original-leaf mapping checked. Image descriptions attributed to printed prose; no new full-plate visual inspection asserted.
- Edition
- IMJ-0149-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0149-E001-P0150
- Original scan leaf
- 156
- Recorded leaf number
- 156
- Current Reader position
- 150
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Illustrations
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