Nine of Wands card

Final effort for success

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

support

Nine of Wands is a blocking card indicating that the time for action has passed, and now the querent is dealing with difficulties that arose due to inaction. This card is akin to a cake that was left in the oven too long.

Relationships

Career

Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

Nine of Wands represents the final challenge before completing a journey. After many obstacles, one last challenge remains before the individual’s desires will align. The suit of Wands is a series of beginnings, and the conclusion of this series, where the fulfillment of desire is manifested in other suits such as Earth, Water, or Air, is reached here. In the Eight of Wands, the series is completed, and afterward, the fire consumes rather than warms.

Nine of Wands card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
Nine Wands	Authority, support, spiritual power, desires, initiative, and a tool for realizing ideas. The leaves symbolize renewal, growth, and the fulfillment of hopes.
Light Blue Background	The blue sky symbolizes an optimistic horizon, success. Spirituality, infinite possibilities, and eternity.
Sideward Glance	The sideways glance expresses fear and reflects emotional burden.
Orange Garment	An orange garment symbolizes abundance, fertility, love, creativity, and inspiration. Orange also expresses a tendency toward art. It represents feminine intuition, combining intellect, diligence, power, ego, self-image, communication, and flexibility.
Green Mountains	Challenges, power, mystery, obstacles. Their green color symbolizes renewal, growth, hope, health, and youth.
Boots	Connection to physical reality.
Guard	The guard figure symbolizes the need to protect and defend one’s property, physical body, spirituality, and principles.
Fence	The fence created by the wands represents additional protection for what needs to be defended.

Mythology

In the story, as the journey nears its end and the crew approaches their destination, a storm hits, and the ship Argo is driven towards the rocks, putting the lives of the crew and heroes at serious risk. Jason stands vigilant, calls upon the crew, and manages to save many, including Medea and the Golden Fleece. This card emphasizes that even towards the end of a task, the querent must persevere and overcome any additional obstacles that arise.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In reading, as the journey nears its end and the crew approaches their destination, a storm hits, and the ship Argo is driven towards the rocks, putting the lives of the crew and heroes at serious risk. Jason stands vigilant, calls upon the crew, and manages to save many, including Medea and the Golden Fleece. This card emphasizes that even towards the end of a task, the querent must persevere and overcome any additional obstacles that arise.