An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

Wands · IX

Nine of Wands

Lord of Great Strength

The face of Nine of Wands, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Great Strength.

Wounded but standing. Guard the last gate; you are closer than you think.

Upright

Resilience and the last stand. Battle-worn but still standing, close to the finish.

Reversed

Paranoia or defensiveness that keeps help out.

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The spirit work

Leraje the green archer by day; Furcas the old knight by night. Draw a boundary, then rest inside it.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanMoon in Sagittarius, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeYesod in Atziluth
Governing angelsYerathel by day, Seheiah by night
Image of the decanA woman weeping, covered with cloths.
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Day spiritLeraje, marquis
The seal of Leraje

Appears as an archer clad in green, with bow and quiver. Stirs battles and contests and makes arrow wounds fester. Goetia 14.

Night spiritFurcas, knight
The seal of Furcas

Appears as a cruel old man with a long beard, on a pale horse, bearing a sharp weapon. Teaches philosophy, astrology, rhetoric, logic, chiromancy and pyromancy. Goetia 50.

Nine of Wands in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.