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By Sarah Taylor
Now is the time to release what you have been working towards. Whether it comes back to you is not something you can fully control; but there is the potential for stepping up to a level of authority that you have heretofore been unfamiliar with. That authority understands that everything is subject to a process of checks and balances to ensure its integrity. There is every indication that you have prepared as much as you can and that you are silently but powerfully supported.
In the Three of Wands, a man stands with his back to us, looking out at the bay in front of him. Upright in his hand is one wand, while two wands stand behind him at each side.
I see these in a similar way to the two cups that remain with the bowed figure in the Five of Cups: they are like guardian angels. Silent, yet supportive, they are giving of their energy, and yet non-invasive. In the bay that the figure surveys, three ships are setting sail on fiery seas. This is the only time that I can think of that the sea mirrors the quality of the Wands suit. It is a mix of red and yellow — the same colours as the three wands themselves. It is ablaze, a sea of creativity, a sea of potential for that creative aspect that Wands embody to come through.
But there is a an inherent risk involved. The merchant has to let go of his ships — what he has worked so hard to craft — in order to release them (and himself) to the potential of the opportunity they present. If you notice, each vessel seems to have a visual association with a wand. They are linked. The merchant is making a dear sacrifice.