Nine of Wands: tarot card meaning

Nine of Wands is card 9 in the suit of Wands, associated with the element of Fire. Drawn upright it speaks of reserve, passion, initiative; reversed, of passion blocked, stalled action.

Upright meaning

reserve, passion, initiative

Resilience at the end of a long fight -- one last push with the courage you have been proving all along.

Reversed meaning

passion blocked, stalled action

Exhaustion or suspicion after repeated blows -- guard your energy and ask whether the battle is still yours.

The suit of Wands belongs to Fire and to passion, initiative and growth.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Nine of Wands describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.