Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Nine of Wands
Yesod in Atziluth
- Suit
- wands
- Rank
- Nine
- World
- Atziluth
- Station
- Yesod
- Verb
- I receive
Yesod, the instinctive foundation
Yesod is foundation: the instinctive, habitual ground beneath what will be made manifest.
Upright
Flowing. The long defence of a call: the reserve beneath what you have carried, still standing for one more push. In the world of meaning, the foundation is what is left when the first energy has gone, and the card shows that something is left.
Misdirected. A guard so constant nothing new can come in, or weariness read as the call failing.
Reversed
Blocked. The reserves are exhausted and nothing is left beneath.
Flooded. A guard so constant it never stands down.
The image
A man with a bandaged head leans on a wand and looks back over his shoulder. Eight more wands stand behind him in a row like a fence. He has been hurt, and he is still on his feet.
Learn how to read Nine of Wands in a spread
This page shows you what Nine 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.
