Four of Wands: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A garland hangs over four staffs before a gathering outside a castle.

Upright

celebration · settlement

A shared milestone offers a place to rest and gather.

Reversed

uneasy home · delayed celebration

A welcome or agreement may be incomplete despite outward festivity.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Venus in Aries, 20–30 degrees. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.