The Queen of Wands reversed means a slow down and stagnation of creative energies and will, but they can also represent someone who is able to dampen those aspects of your life. In the tarot, court cards are the rulers of their suit. While the king cards represent mastery over what a suit represents, the queen cards signify abundance of these energies in our lives. When reversed, these symbols can mean that exact opposite of their upright meaning or a slow down in that aspect of life.
So now you have two to three general meanings for the Queen of Wands and the Queen of Wands reversed. However, the way that the Queen of Wands reversed is interpreted can also vary depending on what you’re reading for, the position it takes in a tarot spread. This makes intuition crucial in stitching together a coherent reading and one way to get a solid idea of what the cards mean, no matter what position they’re in, is so have a sense of the symbolic meanings behind them.
The Queen of Wands Rules the Wands Suit of the Tarot
The Wands suit in tarot are the suit of creativity and will. You know how The Magician in the major arcana is all about creative power and the direction of will towards action? This suit is has the same general energy about it. The Wands is all about inspiration and the desire to create — whether that’s a painting, a new life, or a business venture — as well as the strength of will and determination that it takes to make those plans a reality.
The element of this suit is fire and together, both of them create this overall atmosphere of enthusiasm and passion. Like the Pentacles suit, the Wands suit deals mostly in the realm of the material like tangible positions and belongings. This is a very overt suit where the focus is outward.
From there, you can narrow it down to the Queen of Wands. Again, the queens are all about abundance and nurturing. There is either someone providing this inspiration and drive for you or you have it in spades.
For those of you who believe in the predictive power of tarot, the Queen of Wands upright can mean an omen of creative pursuits coming into fruition. If you take a more secualr perspetice of tarot, it can mean you finally have all the creative energy and will needed to make something big happen for yourself.
What the Queen of Wands Reversed Means
The most common way to interpret a tarot reversal is to inver the meaning of the card. For example, with the Queen of Wands, the typical way to go about interpeting the Queen of Wands reversed is to say it means a loss of creative energy or you’ve become obssessed with ambition, to the point that this drive is negatively affecting your personal relationships. It can also be a domineering woman who stifles your creativity and will with her own instead of inspiring it to grow.
If you don’t find that applicable to your life, you can try other perspectives on interpreting reversals:
- The Queen of Wands reversed means you need to pay attention to your emotional and mental state to prevent burnout.
- The Queen of Wands reversed means you’re losing touch with your inner will and creative wellspring.
- The Queen of Wands means you are directing your will and creative energy inward, towards more personal pursuits instead of ones that have clearly defined end goals.
So which interpretation should you use? That comes down to what other cards appear in your reading and what you’re trying to gain insight into. The more outward, ambition and will related interpreations of the Queen of Wands reversed may make more sense in career readings and/or if you see it appear with, say, The Chariot and Eight of Wands.
What the Queen of Wands Reversed Means in a Love Reading
Questions in a love reading mostly center around emotion and the internal realm which is a little out of the way for the Queen of Wands, so when interpreting the Queen of Wands reversed in a love reading, we have to “convert” its meanings into the emotional realm. The Queen of Wands when upright means the drive to start a new career or business.
In a love tarot spread, this becomes confidence and preparedness to start and maintain a romantic relationship. With Queen of Wands reversed, this may mean that you’re feeling insecure, maybe even jealous, in your position in a romantic relationship. This can make it draining to maintain, turning the first inspired sparks of love into a tedious affair that sucks the energy out of other aspects of your life.
If you’re doing a love reading to get a sense of what someone feels about you or to see who you’re likely to end up with, getting the Queen of Wands reversed can mean that this person has the negative qualities of the Queen of Wands. While they may seem charismatic and confident, the flipside of that is they can be suffocating and exhausting to be around.
What the Queen of Wands Reversed Means in a Career Reading
The Queen of Wands, whether reversed or not, finds herself more at home in a career reading. The Queens of the suits nurture and uplift from a place of power. If she appears with cards like The Emperor orThe Empress, , it’s likely that you have a mentor who is ready and willing to guide you.
The Queen of Wands reversed means the opposite. Maybe you’re discovering that you’re on your own at a new job or business with no one to lend you their experience. Maybe this is even a more powerful person who is working against you in some way, whether they realize it or not. Remember: Not all negative effects need to be intentional.
The Queen of Wands reversed in a career reading generally means that you’re getting burned out. What was likely once a fun and inspiring job for you now leaves you mentally drained and lacking in creative energy to pursue any other activity outside of your career.
What the Queen of Wands Reversed Means in a General Reading
General life readings like the Celtic cross or unstructured multi-card readings are good for getting an overview of your life. This may not be the best reading to do if you haven’t quite developed your intuition since they tend to be even more non-specific and vague compared to readings with narrower questions in mind.
That said, the Queen of Wands reversed in a general reading can mean: burn out, lack of energy/will/drive, feeling creatively stifled under a domineering person or crushing circumstances, loss or lack of a mentor, overconfidence/arrogance, insecurity, and jealousy.
