Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Eight of Wands
Hod in Atziluth
- Suit
- wands
- Rank
- Eight
- World
- Atziluth
- Station
- Hod
- Verb
- I receive
Hod, what is named and ordered
Hod is splendour: the faculty that articulates, orders and names. The Eights are the weakest rank in the fit audit, and the entries say where the picture does not help.
Upright
Flowing. The call put into words and moving: a clear direction at speed. In the world of meaning, what was received has been named, and now it travels. Nothing in the picture is held back.
Misdirected. Velocity with no landing, or the message sent before it is understood.
Reversed
Blocked. The call cannot be put into words and no message goes.
Flooded. Messages flying with no direction.
The image
Eight wands fly through a clear sky at a slant above a river and green hills. There is no person in the picture. The wands are the whole subject, and they are all heading the same way.
Learn how to read Eight of Wands in a spread
This page shows you what Eight of Wands means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
