Page of Wands Tarot Card Meaning

Page of Wands upright

A young man stands as if making a proclamation. Waite calls him unknown but faithful, with strange tidings: an envoy, a postman, a lover. Expect an interesting message or invitation — and say yes to learning something new.

Page of Wands reversed

Waite reversed gives anecdotes, announcements, evil news — and indecision and the instability that goes with it. Check sources before reacting.

A reversed card (What does Upright / reversed card mean?) is one drawn upside-down.

Is Page of Wands a yes or no?

Upright: Leans yes. Yes — good news is on its way.

Reversed: Reversed, Page of Wands reads as a gentle no: gossip, bad news, indecision.

The yes/no lean is BornClock’s reading convention drawn from the card’s meaning — Waite himself did not assign one.

Symbolism in the Page of Wands card

What appears in the 1909 Rider–Waite–Smith picture, as Waite describes it:

• Young man proclaiming — Waite: an unknown but faithful messenger
• Wand in leaf — youthful energy

In Waite’s own words (paraphrased)

Upright: a faithful young man, a lover, an envoy, a postman; family news.

Reversed: anecdotes, announcements, evil news; indecision and instability.

Source: A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910, public domain). Some of Waite’s 1910 fortune-telling meanings are old-fashioned; the plain-English reading above is ours.