Nine of Wands

Number: 9 Arcana: Minor Arcana Suit: Wands Astrology: Moon in Sagittarius

Keywords

toughness, persistence, stamina, loyalty, release

Fortune Telling

• Don’t relax yet; there’s more to come
• The test you’re facing now is happening for one reason: to show you who your real friends are

Meanings

Light

• Sticking with it for the duration
• Fulfilling your promises and obligations
• Bearing up under incredible duress
• Dragging yourself across the finish line
• Picking yourself up by your own bootstraps
• Refusing to quit
• Going as far as you can go and being satisfied with your performance

Shadow

• Making yourself a martyr
• Abandoning your post
• Giving up at the first sign of opposition
• Being prevented from fulfilling an obligation
• Failing to be dependable
• Refusing to let something go that needs to be released
• Beating a dead horse

Archetype

N/A

Numerology

9 (The Completion: fullness, readiness, ripeness)

Elemental

N/A

Mythical/Spiritual

N/A

Affirmation

“When the going gets tough, I stay the course.”

Questions to Ask

• How do you cope when things get really tough?
• When you get low, what encourages you to go on?
• At what point should you be able to let this situation go?

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Reference: Tarot