Queen of Wands: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

A queen holds a sunflower and staff beside a black cat.

Upright

warmth · confidence

Lead with a generous presence and confidence in your own work.

Reversed

jealousy · depleted confidence

Comparison or overextension may disturb an otherwise steady presence.

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

Queen: Water of Fire. 20 degrees Pisces to 20 degrees Aries. Court naming differs between decks; this identifies the Book T rank explicitly. 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.