Nine of Wands tarot card meaning

resilience · wariness · nearly there

Minor Arcana · Wands

Upright meaning

Tired but still standing. One more push, and keep your guard sensible rather than paranoid.

Reversed meaning

Burnout, or defences kept up long after the threat has gone.

Symbolism

Sprouting wands: living wood, ideas still growing as they are used. As a Wands card it belongs to fire, the suit of drive, creativity, passion and action.

Questions to sit with

• · Where is this card's energy already present in your life?
• · If this card were advice from a friend, what would they be telling you to do?
• · What would need to change for the reversed version to become upright?