Three of Disks — Works is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Disks in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of work, building, competence and collaboration. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Earth and Mars in Capricorn in astrology.
work · building · competence · collaboration · concreteness
What does Three of Disks mean?
Your work is taking shape: commit to it with care and collaborate with those who share the vision.
Everyday meaning
Work well done, building, competence, productive collaboration. It points to projects taking shape, professional recognition, solid works.
Psychological meaning
The satisfaction of building with your own hands and with others; the patience that turns an idea into reality.
Initiatic meaning
Earth in Binah, the Mother who gives form, with Mars exalted in Capricorn in the second decan: Martial energy becomes constructive labour. Works are form establishing itself, the pyramid rising from its foundations.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals mediocrity, work without soul, selfishness, delays.
Three of Disks 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:
Neglected work, difficult collaborations, projects blocked or badly built.
Three of Disks in love, work and spirit
In love
Building together: shared projects, home, family.
At work and career
Recognition, solid projects, teamwork, apprenticeship.
In spiritual practice
Work as a path of spiritual realisation.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Three of Disks
Binah · Earth · Mars in Capricorn
Crowley on Three of Disks
In the Thoth deck a pyramid seen from above rests on three wheels representing Mercury, Sulphur and Salt, above the Great Sea of Binah: the construction rising from primordial form.
Frequently asked questions
What does Three of Disks mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Your work is taking shape: commit to it with care and collaborate with those who share the vision.
What does Three of Disks mean in love?
Building together: shared projects, home, family.
What does Three of Disks mean for work and career?
Recognition, solid projects, teamwork, apprenticeship.
What does Three of Disks 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: Neglected work, difficult collaborations, projects blocked or badly built.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Three of Disks?
In the Golden Dawn system Three of Disks corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Earth and Mars in Capricorn in astrology.
