Cardinal Air ~ King of Swords

Gift: Astute discernment, keen eye for things, able to move through tough waters with discernment, strong power and will, authority, knowing

Challenge: Uncertainty, lack of will and power, tyrant, having difficulties in making choices

Hierophant

GIFT: Learning from tradition

CHALLENGE: Being stiff and stuck in your ways

Lovers

Gift. Being already safe in one's own power
Challenge. Opening oneself to loving interactions with others.

The Moon

GIFT: Imagination

CHALLENGE: Fear and confusion

Fool

GIFT - Adventurous

CHALLENGE - Reckless

6 of Cups

GIFT: Fond memories

CHALLENGE: Obsessed with the past

Three of Wands (Mary -el)

Gift: Exploring choices/ideas/Options

Challenge: Getting stuck on one

If I may ask, and not to judge, just wanting to learn... isn't that more Wands 2?
I thought Wands 3 already held more action, taking steps to make it happen, so past the exploring / planning / thinking stage?
I sometimes find it hard to make a distinction between these two, hence my question.

^ Hey Fairy, oh your fine. You know what, they are my two lease favorite wand cards LOL. They seem the same, right? My personal take, I feel there is more of an indulgence with the 3's across the board. I am not using a traditional rider deck so this is probably why I am contrasting with the cards traditional meaning. My card is from the Magical forest and has a frog ( lol) looking at a sailing ship from far distance and he wants to go exploring too. Doesn't the traditional have similar? Someone looking at boats from a far and holding one stick up? My holistic reference says although the person has conquered, the person knows the missions is not complete. Either they are waiting to reap the benefits from their conquest or they are looking for expansion, hence holding one stick up for possible opportunity. The 4 of wands seems to be at a level of completion/celebration.
I feel two's is more exclusive to the concept of 'either/or', similar with two of coins, and yes still planning and thinking as you say. Three's your starting to see more people/objects come into play. Hence why I said 'options' and me thinking the challenge is just being contempt with what you already have. I am not a fan of these particular cards at all but I just wrote down what felt right for me at the moment. I just thought to myself, the little froggie on the pic is not satisfied and wants to get on that ship and see what is in the other side. hehe

Hi Clover,
Indeed the two cards are confusing, even more some on other decks than the RWS. Two of Wands of Green Witch tarot shows a woman waving at two toads that are venturing off, each carrying a wand. There's a cart with fabric she's weaved. The book says it's about beginning something new with lots of enthusiasm, but the results it will bring are yet unknown.

Then 3 of Wands depicts a ship at the docks with crates on the docks. Book says that returns on a venture are successful, possibly even better than expected. Funny enough you can both see the ship as having arrived or about to leave. I'd never seen that before.

With the RWS I always took the 3 of Wands man to be looking out at what he'd want to do and achieve in the future. But I guess it could also be that he already has goods on the ships and they're either departing to sell the goods or are coming in with good returns on a venture.

Hmmzzz, confusing cards indeed. Esp when comparing: RWS 2 of wands has no action, Green Witch has the 2 toads running off with the wands. Maybe I should erase those toads, lol, they put me on the wrong foot, haha. Glue a picture of a flower over it or something :biggrin: