Wands · Minor Arcana
A tall man looks from a battlemented roof over sea and shore; he holds a globe in his right hand, while a staff in his left rests on the battlement; another is fixed in a ring.
A figure stands on a rampart holding a globe in one hand, a wand in the other, looking out over the sea. The work behind him is complete; the work ahead is not yet begun. This is the moment of survey — the pause before the next journey, where the map is drawn in the mind.
Element
Fire
Numerology
2— balance, partnership, choices, receptivity
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A tall man looks from a battlemented roof over sea and shore; he holds a globe in his right hand, while a staff in his left rests on the battlement; another is fixed in a ring. The Rose and Cross and Lily should be noticed on the left side.
Source: “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot” by A.E. Waite (1910). Public domain.
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