Ace of Wands

Keywords & Phrases:
New beginnings. Originality. Creative vision. Fresh start. Adventure. Having beliefs in your abilities. Knowing the right way forward. Facing up to the facts. Acting on inspirational ideas. Coming up with a solution to a problem. Feelings of excitement. Being passionate about life. Desire for self-growth. New ideas. Burst of energy. Passionate action. Motivation. Thumbs up. All systems go. Spontaneity. New life. Rearing to go. Energy. Force of the element fire. The power of inspiration. A turning point. New experiences. Fresh ideas. Innovation. Optimism. Forward looking. Invention. Confidence. Enthusiasm. Drive. An upsurge of creativity. Forces set in motion. Putting ambitions into action. An exciting opportunity. Initiative. Energy directed towards a worthwhile project. Potential.

Summary:
Like all aces, the Ace of Wands suggests initiating a new venture, or a sense of wonder and newness about beginning something afresh. Because Wands are about energy and action, this card signifies doing something out there in the external world to get results. It's not just about thinking inspirational thoughts, but acting upon them too.

Associated with this ace are boundless energy, fiery enthusiasm, optimism, and exhilaration. It's a signal to proceed with whatever has sparked your interest and excitement. Your head spins with new ideas. Now that you've laid to rest most of your doubts and hesitations, you're ready to strike out on your own. Your bliss grabs you and you go wherever it takes you.

You have energy at your disposal to lay new foundations and begin something promising. You are open to new interests. This is a time of initiation, invention, and creativity.

The Ace of Wands is a torch burning in the night that heralds inspiration, excitement, and insight. It marks the beginning of an enthusiastic undertaking or enterprise, and it is a passionate effort that brings growth and transformation. It is creative energy used with self-confidence, a new enterprise launched with courage, passion, and daring, and a journey begun with determination, will, and potency.

The Ace of Wands is a symbol of possibility in the area of creativity, excitement, adventure, courage, and personal power. In readings, it shows that a seed of bold enthusiasm has been planted in your life although you may not yet recognize it. When the seed sprouts, it could take almost any form. It might be a creative idea, a surge of optimism, or a need to act boldly. On the outside, it could be an offer, gift, opportunity, encounter, or synchronistic event.

Examine your life to see how this Ace's potent, confident energy could work for you. Sometimes you have to risk to get what you want. Look for the path that will excite you and push you beyond your limits. Seize the initiative, and let your enthusiasm take you to new heights.

I am energy, vitality, inventiveness, birth, fire. I am Bastet, Egyptian goddess, fertile ray of sun that illuminates and warms the earth.

There are times where we must let ourselves be guided more by intuition than by reason.

There is so much potential and so much energy available, it is difficult sometimes to know what to do. Always look at the whole picture before deciding what it the best choice for now.

The Ace of Wands is absolute potential, the ability to create something from nothing and to know how to create. The fire of man, energy, multiple possibilities, are all expressed in this Fey. She is conscious of what is happening and she realizes that she is, in a certain sense, at the center of a great work of magic.

Questions:
What is inspiring you? What has aroused your passion and desires? How do you want to grow? How do you want to express yourself creatively? What do you feel the impulse to do? Into what is your energy and enthusiasm flowing? What new opportunity is being offered to you? Do I act upon my inspirations? How is my self-image changing?