1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Four of Wands

Minor Arcana · Wands

Four of Wands

• repose
• concord
• harmony
• peace

Upright meaning

Repose, concord and harmony: a homecoming or a small harvest celebrated. Waite calls it a haven of refuge.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite says the meaning is unaltered: prosperity, increase and beauty.

• prosperity
• increase
• beauty

Symbolism

Four staves hold a garland; two figures raise flowers before an old house beyond a bridge.

Group

Minor Arcana · Wands

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.