Nine of Wands

A wounded man leans on a wand, eight more standing behind him like a fence: resilience near the end of a long fight.

Uses

• Endurance
• Guarding your energy

Suit

Wands · Fire

Golden Dawn title

Lord of Great Strength

Decan

Moon in Sagittarius (10°–20° Sagittarius)

Sephira

Yesod (9)

Upright

Resilience, persistence, last stand, boundaries

Reversed

Exhaustion, paranoia, giving up just before the end

Working with it

When tired, set nine sticks or candles in a row and name one strength for each. Then rest before the last push.