Four of Wands
Upright meaning
A stable place to celebrate with others. Home, welcome, and a shared milestone.
Something to consider
Pause to recognize what is already working. A shared meal, a small celebration, or time in a place where you feel welcome can help you feel supported.
What is on your mind? Begin a reading →Historical texts
Waite: the card
From the four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nose-gays; at their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: divinatory meaning
They are for once almost on the surface—country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Waite: reversed
The meaning remains unaltered; it is prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment.
Source: The Pictorial Key to the Tarot — A. E. Waite (1922) · Public domain
Mathers: meaning
32. Four of Sceptres.-Society, Union, Association, Concord, Harmony; R. Prosperity, Success, Happiness, Advantage.
Source: The Tarot: Its Occult Signification, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play — S. L. MacGregor Mathers (1888) · Public domain