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    Minor Arcana · Wands

    Queen of Wands Tarot Card Meaning

    The Queen of Wands is warm, magnetic and capable — a friendly woman who is good at business. Upright she is loving, honourable and successful. Reversed she is still kind and thrifty, though jealousy or opposition can creep in.

    Queen of Wands tarot card from the 1909 Rider–Waite–Smith deck
    Pamela Colman Smith (Rider–Waite–Smith deck, 1909). Public domain

    · Suit of Wands (energy, drive and work) ·

    Upright keywords:

    warmthconfidencemagnetismfriendlinessbusiness sense

    Reversed keywords:

    jealousyoppositionthriftovercommitment
    Yes / no: Leans yes

    Queen of Wands upright

    Waite says the Queen's personality matches the King's but is more magnetic. He lists a friendly, chaste, loving and honourable woman, with love of money and success in business. In a reading: lead with warmth and confidence; people respond.

    Queen of Wands reversed

    Waite reversed gives good, economical, obliging and serviceable — and, in some positions, opposition, jealousy and deceit. Be generous, but watch for competition.

    A is one drawn upside-down.

    Queen of Wands in love

    Warm, loyal affection; a partner who is fun and confident.

    Queen of Wands in career

    Natural leadership with charm; good for sales, hosting and entrepreneurship.

    Queen of Wands in money

    Good business instincts; earning through enthusiasm and relationships.

    Is Queen of Wands a yes or no?

    Upright: Leans yes. Yes — confidence and warmth carry it.

    Reversed: Reversed, Queen of Wands reads as mixed — not a clear yes or no: jealousy, opposition, thrift.

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

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    Symbolism in the Queen of Wands card

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

    • Leafing wand — Waite: the suit is always in leaf — life and animation
    • Seated queen — Waite: like the King, but more magnetic

    In Waite’s own words (paraphrased)

    Upright: a friendly, chaste, loving, honourable woman; love of money; success in business.

    Reversed: good, economical, obliging, serviceable; in some positions opposition, jealousy, deceit.

    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.

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