Four of Wands — Completion is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Wands in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of completion, stability, harmony and celebration. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Chesed, the element Fire and Venus in Aries in astrology.
completion · stability · harmony · celebration · order
What does Four of Wands mean?
A goal is reached: celebrate and consolidate what you have built before setting off again.
Everyday meaning
Work accomplished, harmony, celebration, stability reached. It points to feasts, milestones, and solid homes and relationships.
Psychological meaning
The satisfaction of someone who has concluded a cycle and can enjoy it without losing vitality; the pleasure of feeling in your rightful place.
Initiatic meaning
Fire in Chesed, Mercy that organises, with Venus in Aries in the third decan: Venusian sweetness tempers Martial impetus. Completion is energy becoming order and benevolent rule.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals complacency, stasis, loss of momentum, premature conclusions.
Four of Wands reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Success that is unstable or not enjoyed; an anxiety to move on, postponed celebrations, foundations that need reinforcing.
Four of Wands in love, work and spirit
In love
A stable union, living together, engagements or celebrations.
At work and career
A completed project, closed contracts, a harmonious working environment.
In spiritual practice
The peace that follows work accomplished, to be lived as a base and not as an end.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Four of Wands
Chesed · Fire · Venus in Aries
Crowley on Four of Wands
In the Thoth deck the four wands end in ram's heads and doves, symbols of Mars and Venus, arranged in a wheel: strength and love joined in a perfect circle.
Frequently asked questions
What does Four of Wands mean in the Thoth Tarot?
A goal is reached: celebrate and consolidate what you have built before setting off again.
What does Four of Wands mean in love?
A stable union, living together, engagements or celebrations.
What does Four of Wands mean for work and career?
A completed project, closed contracts, a harmonious working environment.
What does Four of Wands mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Success that is unstable or not enjoyed; an anxiety to move on, postponed celebrations, foundations that need reinforcing.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Four of Wands?
In the Golden Dawn system Four of Wands corresponds to the sephirah Chesed, the element Fire and Venus in Aries in astrology.
