Day 94: April 4, 2018

Minor arcana: (Ace of) Wands.

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Ace of Wands, Tarot of the Witch’s Garden.
Watercolour.

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You have the energy and intention. It is time to begin.

Ace of Wands

Keywords:Instigate, ignite, action, spark, handle, tool, organic, inspiration & self-expression. Grasp, masculine energy, virility, desire, confidence, dominate &  vibrant energy. Using creative force, inventing a better way, expanding your potential, opening to greater possibilities, conceiving a dream, expressing yourself, stimulating your imagination, allowing a talent to unfold & coming up with a solution. Showing enthusiasm, feeling fired up and eager, creating an aura of excitement, being ready to tackle the world, inspiring others, sustaining optimism & giving 110%. Having confidence, believing in yourself, feeling assured of your abilities, being sure of success, having high self-esteem, having faith in your path & knowing things will work out. Proceeding with courage, tackling a challenging task, going beyond your limits, being true to your beliefs, daring to take a stand, facing your fears & going for it.

The Ace of Wands says:
”You are not happy to stay where you are at the moment; there is an urge to set out and do something new. This could be making that decision to move to a new neighborhood, start a new career. You are a full of a pioneer spirit that drives you on at the moment, you must make the first move to get you moving. Believe in your vision, it may be the making of you.“ - Around the Tarot in 78 Days.

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The Aces, I feel, represent the excitement of this last bit of the campaign. They represent raw potential, the beginning of a journey…and this Kickstarter truly represents that. As the project comes to a close, the true production begins. These decks will be printed and shared across the globe.

The Kickstarter represents that potential shifting into reality! 

Publicity stills of Judy Loe (Kate Beckinsale’s mum) in Ace of Wands - from the extra features on the DVD set.

Three travelers, from, “an antique land,” pause on their journey through, “lone and level sand … boundless and bare.” The three are a child, miserably exposed to the elements; an elderly drunk, bringing wine and not water with him into the wastes; and Death, Santa Muerte, the Bony Sister, the only true Spirit Guide that all humans have access to.

TheAce of Wands is a card about making friends with the Unforeseeable. Not luck or fate, but rather being open for the chance of encountering something that is, literally, out of this world; the chance of communication between the Spirit Realm and our own, the chance for finding Inspiration from the queerest of sources.

The two mortal figures represent how most people react when exposed to the Otherworldly; either frightfully naked and vulnerable or so toxic and intoxicated with themselves that the entire experience is wasted. Either way, for a species that can’t even agree on whether the Spirit Realm is real or a figment of our collective imagination, an exceptionally large number of us are resolved that our opinions must be correct and the rest must be fools, infidels and heretics.

Only Death, the inescapable Guide who is with us through every moment of our mortal lives, knows for sure and the brilliant thing about Death is that she never tells. Like the untamable Sea, Santa Muerte has no use for our vanity and pride—you can’t get on her “Good side” and being Saved or Damned, how one prays if you pray at all, or the endless contradictory beliefs that we all cling to—Death is apart from all that. Death has no agenda other than measuring out the time that we have in this waking world and yet so many of us use our brief moments for only conceited self-service and base vainglory.

When the Ace of Wands appears in a reading pay attention to where Death is pointing you towards. You have no choice but to follow but you can decide whether to enter the wilderness sober and properly dressed or naked and ranting.

Ace of Wands in the Divine Canine Tarot

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Ten of Pentacles and Ace of Wands

It will be the most effective if everybody does it.

Ace of Wands

Upright - Birth, creation, inspiration, new beginnings, new business venture, profitable journey, “you’ll figure it out”

Reversed - Lack of determination, selfishness, setbacks, weighed down

Timing - One day

Yes/No/Maybe - Yes

Element - Fire

Astrological Sign - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius

Direction - South

Season - Spring