Rider WaiteTarot Reading

 

 

Properties of 9 of Wands

 

Alternate Names: Great Strength

 

Keywords / Additional Meanings:

Generally speaking, a bad card.

 

Description:

The figure leans upon his staff and has an expectant look, as if awaiting an enemy. Behind are eight other staves – erect, in orderly disposition, like a palisade.

Divinatory Meaning:

The card signifies strength in opposition. If attacked, the person will meet an onslaught boldly; and his build shews, that he may prove a formidable antagonist. With this main significance there are all its possible adjuncts – delay, suspension, adjournment.

Reversed Meaning:

Obstacles, adversity, calamity.

 

Astrological / Elemental Correspondence: Moon in Sagittarius