Every parting gives a foretaste of death, every reunion a hint of the resurrection.”
– Arthur Schopenhauer
Celebration, reunion, completion, transition, stability
Overview
This calls for a celebration! You’ve succeeded in something, an old friend is coming home, or you’ve completed a rough transition in you life. Things have come together to create a stable foundation for you and your future.
In the most obscure sense, the Four of Wands symbolizes not only celebrating success, but also marriages, proposals, and reuniting with someone you’ve missed dearly. The Golden door has opened, welcome home.
Symbolism
A yellow sky is met by two figures, one in white and the other red. They seem to be triumphantly holding bouquets of flowers, almost as if they were cheerleaders. Behind them to the left, a gathering of people with the backs turned to reader. In the foreground are four wands affixed to solid ground, with a leafy canopy adorned with flowers and ribbons strung between them. To the right of the image, a rock obscured by foliage. Behind the people, a castle is coming into view.
Meaning
Celebration that follows success and security
Solid ground to build on
You planned, coordinated, and enteredprisingly brought everything to fruition, achieving a level of success. This marks the first harvest of all you have sown, now ripened. You bask in the celebration of your success, and it tastes the sweetest you have ever experienced.
Recognition of efforts
You put in the effort to show the world what you were made of, and it did not go unnoticed. It yielded to your intensity and granted your wish for success. This emotional high will serve as the wind beneath your wings. You will achieve many more victories, but this one belongs entirely to you.
People at this event will honor and recognize your hard work to achieve this point. They will surround you with good vibes. Rain couldn’t even ruin the parade; this group flows so well that rain would just become a scene to dance in.
Gatherings
A gathering, celebration, or reunion is a good reason to get intoxicated. It starts as a coping mechanism to handle, only to transform into some of your fondest memories. This is the party of the century. The memories will be retold at dinner tables, with laughter and tears for decades after you’re gone. Consider yourself a local legend; a community cryptid.
There may even be some press in the local paper about your achievement, or the going ons of the celebration. Ideally, not in the police notes.
Celebration, personal or global
You can host this event with just a few friends, or you can make it as grand as the royal wedding. You can involve people you know personally, the entire community, or organize a national celebration. Someone you know might be getting married, or a baby is about to be born. It is a moment of light, happiness, and a reminder of the wonders in life. Regardless, it is a time to be merry and grand.
Four of Wands Reversed
To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.”
-Mark Twain
Delays, tension, canceled events
Meaning
Ruined reunions
Something catastrophic has pissed on your parade. There could be a level of shame involved where you feel like an outlier or pariah. People may not be as against you as you’re making it out to be.
Feelings of failure
Don’t worry until they are carrying pitch forks, and torches. They can’t burn you all at the stake. There’s a good chance that you are making this out to be bigger than it actually is. What looks like a small setback to others feels like a major failure to you.
Separation
You can also observe this in separations and divorces, incomplete marriages, dramatic weddings, or events that cause a rift within your community.
Delays
Hold the bandwagon and call off the parade—it’s not over until it’s over. A delay occurred in the thing that was supposed to make waves in your life. The foundation may not have settled properly, so you need to level everything before you can bring others into your housewarming party.
