Queen of Wands
- Upright
- radiance · warmth · self-assurance
- Reversed
- jealousy · moodiness
Warmth, self-confidence and radiance.
Meaning
The Queen of Wands is Fire that doesn’t blaze but warms. She has taken the energy of the suit inside herself and radiates it back out as something entirely natural: joy in life, self-confidence, generosity and a will that needs no noise to be heard. As part of your personality, she is the side of you that knows what it wants and does it without justifying itself, that encourages others because it isn’t afraid of their success. As a person in your life, she is someone in whose presence people grow, warm-hearted, direct, sometimes demanding.
In life the card shows up in phases when you are at peace with yourself and others can feel it: people seek your company, projects succeed because you carry them, hospitality and humour come easily. The black cat is a reminder that this warmth also comes with an independent side that isn’t always comfortable. The Queen is kind, but she is no servant.
The Queen of Wands invites you to own your radiance without dimming it so that others feel more at ease. Ask yourself where you make yourself smaller than you are, and what would happen if you simply took up the space that is yours by right. Warmth and self-assertion are not mutually exclusive.
Advice: Own your radiance.
Reversed
Reversed, radiance turns into neediness. Self-assurance suddenly needs encouragement from outside, moods set the atmosphere in the room, jealousy and a competitive streak creep in, especially towards people who shine as well. As a person in your life, the reversed Queen can be someone who dominates instead of encouraging, who hands out warmth in measured doses and withdraws it. Exhaustion belongs here too: anyone who is always shining for everyone burns out sooner or later.
Turned inwards, she shows a liveliness you don’t allow yourself because you are afraid of being too much. Ask yourself who taught you to hold yourself back, and whether that lesson is still true today. The cat at your feet wouldn’t apologise.
Love and relationships
In love, the Queen of Wands stands for a warm, passionate and independent way of loving, whether as a person at your side or as your own attractive side. If you are single, she shows that you make a particular impression right now when you don’t bend yourself out of shape. In a relationship she brings generosity, humour and an easy, natural sensuality, but also the claim to be seen as an independent person. The card invites you to give closeness without giving yourself up.
Work and money
At work, the Queen of Wands shows charismatic leadership that doesn’t rest on titles: you bring people together, motivate, represent, build networks and carry projects through with enthusiasm. A good time for presentations, negotiations and anything that needs presence. With money, she stands for self-employment and trust in your own abilities; even so, check soberly whether generosity and careful budgeting are in balance. Ask for a fair price for what your work is worth.
As the card of the day
As your card of the day, the Queen of Wands invites you to take up space today. Speak your mind without watering it down, invite someone round, show warmth where it is fitting and draw clear boundaries where it is not. Wear something you feel strong in. And allow yourself at least one moment today in which you apologise for nothing.
The image
The Queen sits facing us on a stone throne whose armrests are formed by two lions. Behind her, an orange-red cloth shows two red lions standing on their hind legs, and sunflowers. She wears a golden-yellow gown, a pale cloak with a clasp and a crown from which green leaves grow. In one hand she holds an upright wand with leaves, in the other a large sunflower. Her knees are slightly apart, her posture both upright and relaxed, and she looks straight ahead. At her feet sits a black cat, which also looks out of the picture towards us. In the background on the left are yellow mountains, and the sky is blue. Lions and sunflower belong to the sun and to fire; the black cat adds to this bright side something wilful and nocturnal that refuses to be tamed.
Questions for you
- Where do you make yourself smaller than you are, and for whom?
- When did you last encourage someone without thinking of yourself?
- Which wilful side of you gets too little room?