Wands · Fire
Three of Wandsfor Capricorn · The Future
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A calm, stately personage, with his back turned, looking from a cliff's edge at ships passing over the sea. Three staves are planted in the ground, and he leans slightly on one of them. Wands represent passion and three represents community. Together this card represents building a community of supporters and finding people who share your passions.
You started a new hobby or new business recently and you are growing a community around that. You are building something with others and sharing the load. Triangles are strong structural supports and you building out foundational friendships and relationships that will serve you for a long time and bear the load of your future goals.
You are having trouble connecting with people-- perhaps you are being rigid in your beliefs and vision for the future. Community involves some sacrifice for the shared dream. Perhaps you are just simply not with the people you need to be with. Don't bend when it comes to your true morals and values, but don't let your passions prevent you from connecting with your loved ones. Find common ground and mutual respect.
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Three of Wands for Capricorn in The Future
The Architect
Wands are the fire suit, so the Three of Wands sits in Aries. Aries squares Capricorn, so the card asks for the move Capricorn is least fluent in: spend the energy on one thing today. The friction is the content, not an obstacle to it. Upright, it has become visible to other people, which is the part that makes it real.
When reading about what comes next through a Capricorn lens, the Three of Wands says that you feel like you have a plan written down somewhere (or in your head), something you are building toward that justifies the present, and measured in concrete milestones not ordinary days. This has either created a life with real forward motion and purpose or one where you reach each milestone and immediately set the next one, never actually arriving anywhere. You already know what comes next, and you are afraid of what it will cost you to get there. The Capricorn blind spot in it is being useless, being a burden, being the person who could not hold it together.
In practice that can look like a leap, or booking the thing. Whatever form it takes, it is about to become visible to other people.
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