Three of Wands

What the card means

Upright

The ships are out, and the horizon turned out wider than it looked from the shore. The first effort is made and the return is still travelling - which is the only thing the three asks: do not pull at it. He is looking into the distance rather than at his feet.

Reversed

Waiting on a return that was never really set in motion. Or the expansion has run into what nobody allowed for - usually somebody else's side of it.

Love and relationships

Upright

The relationship goes beyond its old bounds: meeting the circle, moving, a shared future. Sometimes distance that is not yet in the way.

Reversed

Waiting for an answer that is not coming. Or only one of the two can see the prospect.

Work and business

Upright

First results confirm the direction. A good time to widen out, to partner, to reach new people.

Reversed

Sent it off and did not follow it up. Or expanding before the ground was firm.

Money

Upright

What was put in starts coming back, not immediately and not all of it. Good for the long, poor for the urgent.

Reversed

Counting a profit that has not arrived.

The card's advice

Let what was sent arrive. Look further than this month: what you started answers on a delay. And check the ships actually left.

As the card of the day

A day on which you can see further than usual. Good for widening the circle and for dealing with people far off. Poor for impatience.

What is depicted

A man stands with his back to us on high ground, holding one wand, watching ships at sea. Two more wands stand beside him. He is not waving them off - he is already looking past them.

Zodiac sign and correspondences

Sun in Aries - a beginning already giving light.

With other cards

• Three of Wands + Ace of Pentacles — a prospect that is getting ground under it.
• Three of Wands + Two of Wands — decided and sent; after that it is waiting.
• Three of Wands + The World — an expansion carried all the way through.