Page of Wands

Upright

a message of fire · student of making · curiosity

A young heat is in the yard: an idea, a messenger, a beginner’s nerve. Look at the wand the way this Page does — as if it might speak — then begin the study and send the note. Pages bring news of their suit; here the news is that you are allowed to try.

Reversed

restless spark · news delayed · enthusiasm without follow-through

The spark is fidgeting instead of lighting, or a message of opportunity is stuck in someone else’s pocket. Ground the excitement in one small making. If you are the delayed messenger, send the thing. Curiosity without a next step becomes a habit of almost.

On the card

• The sprout

  A message of fire. News that wants a beginning.

• Desert ground

  Even dry land can take a spark. Start small.

• The gaze

  Curiosity with a staff. Learning how to want.

When it shows up

This looks like the intern energy, the first class, the idea you run in to tell someone.

History

Smith’s Page stands in a desert looking at a budding staff as if it were a living creature. Waite’s court Pages are messengers and students. Wands being fire, this is the first apprenticeship of will — wonder before mastery. The pyramids or hills behind him keep the suit’s dry, solar country.

If you want to sit with it

What new heat are you allowed to be inexperienced with?

Optional. Nothing is saved.