Page of WandsPage of Wands · Reversed
What does Page of Wands reversed mean?
Page of Wands when it comes out upside down, blocked, internalised, or in excess, depending on how you read reversals.
Reversed
Enthusiasm that does not survive contact with effort.
Scattered interests and unfinished starts, or a person who is all announcement and no delivery. The tradition is not contemptuous about this; it is a stage, and most people pass through it.
The useful diagnostic is what happens at the first tedious part, because that is where this Page reliably goes quiet.
Upright
A new passion, a message that excites, somebody bringing energy into a situation.
Explore freely. Being a novice is an advantage here rather than a liability, and the card is specific that the value is in not yet knowing the constraints.
Waite kept the medieval page, who is a messenger, which is why news and messages remain a standard reading alongside the personality.
Keywords
Upright: enthusiasm, exploration, news, free spirit, beginner
Reversed: scattered, unfinished, all talk, lost interest
Journal prompts
- What am I curious about that has no practical justification?
- What have I started and abandoned more than once?
Draw it for yourself
Reading about a card is not the same as drawing one. A single-card reading takes about a minute and answers your question rather than a general one.