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

Wands · III

Three of Wands

Lord of Established Strength

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

Your first fire has caught. Look past the horizon; what you sent out is returning.

Upright

Expansion and early success. What you started is holding, and the next horizon is visible.

Reversed

Frustrated plans, or looking so far ahead you miss what is arriving.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Bune by day gives riches and eloquence; Volac by night answers truly of hidden treasure. Ask what you have already set in motion.

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Correspondences

DecanSun in Aries, 10° to 20°, the second face
Tree of LifeBinah in Atziluth
Governing angelsHahasiah by day, Imamiah by night
Image of the decanA woman in a red mantle over a white gown that spreads over her feet.
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Day spiritBune, duke
The seal of Bune

Appears as a dragon with three heads (dog, gryphon, man), speaking with a high, comely voice. Moves the places of the dead, gathers spirits at graves, gives riches, wisdom and eloquence, answers truly. Goetia 26.

Night spiritVolac, president
The seal of Volac

Appears as a child with angel’s wings riding a two-headed dragon. Answers truly of hidden treasure and tells where serpents may be found. Goetia 62.

Three 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.