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Established Will & the First Plane of Manifest Direction

The Rider-Waite-Smith Three of Wands depicts a stately, composed gentleman gazing outward toward the sea, watching his ships set sail upon a commercial and exploratory venture. He does not chase the ships, nor does he question their departure. His posture is calm, assured, and sovereign—one who has already set forces into motion and now observes their trajectory.

He holds a single wand in his right hand, lightly leaning upon it, while the remaining two are firmly planted behind him. Together, the three wands form a triangular enclosure, establishing a plane rather than a line. This geometric detail is crucial: the card no longer speaks of impulse or raw ignition, but of structured expansion. The Will has been projected outward and stabilized enough to sustain momentum.

Thus, this figure symbolizes established strength—power that has passed beyond the need to prove itself and has entered the phase of directed extension.

As is consistent throughout the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, the wands are unmistakably phallic and sprouting leaves, indicating fertility, fecundity, and generative life force. These are not inert staffs; they are living conduits of creative fire—vital energy that has successfully rooted itself into the material plane.

Hermetic & Qabalistic Expansion

From a Western Hermetic perspective, the Three of Wands corresponds to Binah in Atziluth—Understanding acting within the World of Emanation. This is not emotional desire (Briah), nor mental planning (Yetzirah), but cosmic structure being imposed upon pure Will.

Where the Ace of Wands is raw Fire, and the Two of Wands is polarized Will, the Three of Wands is Will-to-Form.

Binah is the Great Womb—the Divine Matrix that receives Chokmah’s explosive force and gives it shape, boundary, and direction. The triangle formed by the wands is therefore not accidental: it is the first stable geometry of manifestation. A line can move, but it cannot hold space. A triangle creates enclosure, orientation, and plane—allowing creative force to travel without dissipating.

Astrologically, the card is associated with Sun in Aries, which perfectly mirrors the image. The Sun represents identity, sovereignty, and conscious purpose, while Aries supplies initiative and outward motion. However, this is not reckless fire. The ships are already built, already launched. The figure does not intervene. He knows the direction has been set correctly.

This is a card of confidence earned through alignment, not bravado.

Esoteric Implication in Readings

When the Three of Wands appears, it signals that creative or spiritual forces have been successfully externalized and are now operating beyond the immediate reach of the ego. One must allow the process to unfold rather than interfere. The initiate has moved from personal effort into cosmic cooperation.

On a deeper initiatory level, this card teaches a critical Hermetic truth:

True power does not hover anxiously over its creation.
It releases, observes, and trusts the Law it has invoked.

This is the moment when Fire learns discipline—not through suppression, but through intelligent containment.

Exploration of Will & the Feminine Horizon

The Triple Goddess Tarot Three of Wands portrays a young woman dressed entirely in red, wearing expedition boots and a backpack, striding purposefully along a terracotta-tiled walkway. In her hand she carries a long, leafy walking staff—both wand and support—while the remaining two leaf-crowned wands stand upright in front of an adobe storefront she is passing.

Unlike the stationary figure of the Rider-Waite-Smith image, this woman is already in motion. She does not pause to look back, nor does she remain fixed within a defined territory. Her posture communicates becoming, not arrival. This is Will that is learning itself through movement.

The setting suggests a liminal place—a threshold between shelter and open road. The two wands stationed ahead of her act as markers of opportunity rather than anchors of possession. They are not behind her defining what she has already established, but before her, indicating possibilities yet to be claimed.

This card suggests the active exploration of one’s Will: brainstorming, gathering information, testing terrain, and allowing curiosity to lead. It is the stage where ideas are still flexible, still breathing, and still open to revision.

Thus, the Three of Wands here speaks of exploration, daydreaming, and an emerging vision rather than fixed outcomes.

Hermetic & Qabalistic Insight

In Western Hermetic Qabalah, the Three of Wands is again Binah in Atziluth, yet the Triple Goddess Tarot emphasizes Binah not as containment alone, but as the Womb of Direction.

Binah does not merely restrict Fire—it educates it.

The red clothing of the woman signifies vital Fire consciously carried within the body, rather than projected outward in dominance. Her backpack implies memory, experience, and accumulated understanding—knowledge gathered through lived exploration rather than abstract planning. This is the Feminine Intelligence of Will discovering its own capacity by walking the road.

Where the masculine expression of the Three of Wands often shows sovereignty over expansion, the feminine expression reveals relationship with expansion.

Here, Will grows by engagement, not command.

The walking staff becomes a living wand—rooted, leafed, and responsive. It is not planted yet because the future is still forming. The two wands ahead represent unclaimed vectors of manifestation, indicating that the initiate is approaching—but has not yet chosen—which form the future will take.

This is Binah before crystallization.

Esoteric Meaning in Readings

When this card appears, it signals a phase where growth comes through widening perception rather than forcing results. The seeker is encouraged to explore possibilities, gather insight, and allow intuition to converse with reason.

It suggests progress toward an ideal future, but one that is discovered through expansion of consciousness, not rigid expectation.

At its deepest level, the Triple Goddess Three of Wands teaches this Hermetic truth:

The Feminine Will does not conquer the horizon—
she walks toward it, listening as it reveals itself.

This is the sacred pause between intention and commitment, where vision is still alive enough to evolve.

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When the3 of wands is thrown in a divination, it implies:

• Discovery.
• Effort.
• Trade.
• Established strength. 
• Commerce.
• Seeking out an exciting new adventure.
• Enterprise.

When Reversed:

• The end of troubles.
• Suspension or cessation of adversity.
• Disappointment.
• Toil.

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