Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Queen of Wands
Neshamah in Atziluth
- Suit
- wands
- Rank
- Queen
- World
- Atziluth
- Soul level
- Neshamah
- Position
- Up 1
Neshamah, breath and understanding
Neshamah is the breath of life and the understanding it gives. Queens are home in Briah, work down into Yetzirah and Assiah, and reach up one into Atziluth.
Upright
Flowing. Understanding opened to the Voice: knowing what the received word means and for whom. The Queen reaches one world up into meaning, and what she brings is comprehension of what has been said, and to whom it was said.
Misdirected. Mistaking one's own comprehension for the Voice, or the interpreter who edits the message.
Reversed
Blocked. The word is received and not understood.
Flooded. Everything interpreted as a message.
The image
A queen sits on a throne carved with lions, a sunflower in one hand and a wand in the other. A black cat sits at her feet, and pyramids rise behind her. She looks straight out of the picture.
Learn how to read Queen of Wands in a spread
This page shows you what Queen 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.
