Western Tarot symbolism
Queen of Wands
The description explains that the suit's wands remain in leaf and relates the Queen's character to the King's, with a stronger magnetic quality in the source's vocabulary. The main meanings include friendliness and success in business. The later list adds a harvest, broadly understood, and describes reversed goodwill that cannot find an opportunity for expression.
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The card account
LiteraryThe description explains that the suit's wands remain in leaf and relates the Queen's character to the King's, with a stronger magnetic quality in the source's vocabulary.
Comparing the lists
LiteraryThe main meanings include friendliness and success in business. The later list adds a harvest, broadly understood, and describes reversed goodwill that cannot find an opportunity for expression.
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
suit of hfe and animation. Emotionally and otherwise, the Queen's personality corresponds to that of the King, hut is more magnetic. Divinatory Meanings: A dark woman,Open 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 93
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-P0093
- Original scan leaf
- 99
- Recorded leaf number
- 99
- Current Reader position
- 93
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
Source 2
The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination
A good harvest, which may be taken in several senses. Reversed: Good-will towards the Querent, but without the opportunity to exercise it. Knight.—A bad card; accordingOpen 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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A hand from a cloud presents the suit's single stout wand.
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Shared source pageFour of Wands
A garland joins four foreground staves beside a bridge and a house.