So wands, wands, yeah

First of all, I’m not so much drunk right now as I am on Klonopin, post-plane-flight, and am feeling pretty mellow about everything.

That’s not inappropriate. Despite Wands being all about energy and passion and fire, the three and four are some of the most mellow cards going.

The Three is a figure holding onto one tree-wand while flanked by two more, gazing out across a lake-bestudded distance. Like the Two, there’s a lot of gazing here, and at first it looks like it could be broody, but the Three is about real growth in things of fire, as well as about starting new endeavors and putting plans into action. Three Person could be thinking about what these plans will cost or where they’ll go, but “where the hell is the taxi” is a more likely internal monologue than “nobody understands me.”

(“Nobody understands me,” isn’t a very Wands thing in general. More a Swords-or-Cups reversed deal, and almost entirely a waste of tine.)

This card means action backed by passion, but well-thought-out action for all that. This project may have started on impulse, but the person doing it isn’t, or shouldn’t, approach it half-assed. An entire ass is generally required, for Wands stuff, and this is no exception.

The Four brings in another person for the first time this suit.  A couple are dancing between four poles, which are garlanded with flowers, and sometimes covered with a canopy to make the marriage symbolism even more blatant. There generally aren’t other people around, but some cards throw in a bunny or two because, hey, bunnies!

Stasis in things of fire is what we have here, and interestingly, this is the only card for which stasis is generally a good thing–it’s discontentment in Cups, miserliness in Pentacles, and rest that might be death in Swords. For Wands, because the whole suit is really the most active of the four, stasis is actually a balancing moment–a stable burn, if you will. There’s still plenty of passion and fire, but you can roast marshmallows here without burning your eyebrows off.

Likewise, the book-type meanings are all success and harmony, celebration and peace. This isn’t a time of rest, but it’s a time when stability and energy unite in the best possible way. You don’t always have to be pursuing that far-off goal, or exhausting yourself with the things you’re passionate about. Take some time to enjoy a dance once in a while. Everything else will be here when you’re done, and you’ll be better off for it.