Tarot Card Comparisons: The Hermetic Thoth Tarot- 4 of Wands-Completion & the Connolly Tarot- 4 of Wands

The Qabalistic Thoth  Four of Wands refers to the 4th Sephira- Chesed (Mercy)-The Great Architect- in the suit of Fire. Therefore representing the manifestation of all active power below the Abyss.

The Will of the Two of Wands, Dominion, has been transmitted through the Three of Wands-Virtue and has become a solid system, such as Order, Law, and Government.

In the zodiac the Four of Wands refers to Venus in Aries, which indicates that one can't establish one's work without tact and gentleness.

The Ram headed wands are sacred to Chesed, while the Dove is sacred to Venus. The Circle shows the completion of and limitation of the original work.The flames show the balance of the energy applied.

The Thoth-4 of Wands-Completion card reminds us that in order to energetically move forward, we must at first complete what we have already put into motion. This is also a symbol of spiritual and holistic completion but any way you look at it, something is being completed and there is a desire to begin something new.

Being representative of Eastern mandalas or Native American medicine wheels, suggesting a completed action. Also in the wheel itself are the Aries Ram and the Venus Doves, all characteristic of completion and new beginnings shown in the form of a closed circle. The Four of Wands, is a card of wholeness and individualization that represents simultaneously completion of past and initiating a new future.

Venus symbolizes emotional desire to move in new directions while Aries represents a sense that there has been completion or consummation of projects, issues or relationships, before moving forward. Relationships, because Mars, the ruler of Aries, is also the mythological husband of the Roman goddess Venus.

The Connolly Tarot-4 of Wands, is actually busier than the Thoth card. It depicts, labor, and work successfully completed as a harvest of grapes growing from the four wands.

By picturing both a Female and a Male reaping their labors, the home in the background, and the couple dressed in the same colors, also suggests a marriage of  Venus and Aries.

This card well illustrates the peace and satisfaction that comes from a job well done.

 

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