Four of WandsTarot card meaning
The Four of Wands is a Minor Arcana card in the suit of Wands. In tarot it means celebration, homecoming and milestone. As a yes or no answer, it leans yes.
Pause and celebrate, you've earned this threshold. The Four of Wands is a homecoming, a milestone, a moment of belonging. Joy shared is structure too.
In a yes or no reading: Yes · yes or no tarot →
- Element
- Fire
- Astrology
- Venus in Aries
- Number
- 4
What the card shows
Four wands hold up a garland of flowers and fruit, making a doorway. Beyond it, two figures raise bouquets in front of an old bridge and a welcoming house. It is the deck's picture of homecoming: a structure just solid enough to celebrate under.
Four of Wands reversed
The party feels off, instability at home, a celebration postponed, belonging in question. Reversed, it asks what 'home' needs to feel like home again.
How to read a reversed card →Four of Wands in love
In love, the Four of Wands is the party: the arch of flowers, the two figures with bouquets raised, the castle behind. It speaks of a relationship reaching a stable place and celebrating it, of moving in together, of meeting the family, of an anniversary that matters. If you are single, it says love comes in through the door of the people you already feel at home with.
Is Four of Wands a yes or a no?
The Four of Wands answers yes, with garlands. Four staffs hold up an arch of flowers and two figures raise bouquets in front of the castle. What you ask has a reason to celebrate and people to celebrate it with. It is a yes of home, of a party, of something that has reached a stable place.
Compare: the same card in all four suits
| Card | Keyword | Element | Yes or no |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four of Wands | celebration | Fire | Yes |
| Four of Cups | apathy | Water | Yes |
| Four of Swords | rest | Air | Not yet clear |
| Four of Pentacles | holding on | Earth | Not yet clear |
Cards that often appear with it
- Five of Wands
The next card in the suit
- Four of Cups
The same number in the opposed element
- The Sun
The Major Arcana that rules this suit's questions
Number and correspondence
In the deck's old correspondences, the Four of Wands belongs to Venus in Aries.
Will this card find you tonight?
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