Three of Wands — Virtue is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Wands in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of virtue, integrity, first successes and confidence. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Fire and Sun in Aries in astrology.
virtue · integrity · first successes · confidence · nobility
What does Three of Wands mean?
Your actions are consistent with your values: the road is right, so go on with confidence and openness.
Everyday meaning
First concrete results, integrity, self-confidence. It points to an enterprise well begun, supported by clear values and steady energy.
Psychological meaning
Strength finds a form and recognises itself: a sense of dignity and inner coherence is born that needs no outside confirmation.
Initiatic meaning
Fire in Binah, the Mother who gives form, with the Sun exalted in Aries in the second decan: will becomes character. Virtue is force established, the fire that has found its vessel and begins to illuminate.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals pride, arrogance, the presumption of always being in the right.
Three 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:
Doubts about your own integrity, or success that goes unrecognised; or a haughtiness that isolates.
Three of Wands in love, work and spirit
In love
A relationship founded on mutual esteem and a shared project.
At work and career
First tangible results, recognition, collaborations that start off on the right foot.
In spiritual practice
Virtue as coherence between will, word and action.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Three of Wands
Binah · Fire · Sun in Aries
Crowley on Three of Wands
Three wands ending in lotus flowers that open onto a dawn light: the spring of energy, fire in bloom.
Frequently asked questions
What does Three of Wands mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Your actions are consistent with your values: the road is right, so go on with confidence and openness.
What does Three of Wands mean in love?
A relationship founded on mutual esteem and a shared project.
What does Three of Wands mean for work and career?
First tangible results, recognition, collaborations that start off on the right foot.
What does Three 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: Doubts about your own integrity, or success that goes unrecognised; or a haughtiness that isolates.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Three of Wands?
In the Golden Dawn system Three of Wands corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Fire and Sun in Aries in astrology.
