Wands · Fire
Three of Wandsfor Scorpio · Money and Wealth
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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 Scorpio in Money and Wealth
The Transformer
Wands are the fire suit, so the Three of Wands sits in Aries. Aries and Scorpio are quincunx, two signs with nothing in common: no shared element, mode, or polarity. This card will not slot neatly into how Scorpio already operates. What it wants is this: spend the energy on one thing today. It has to be done deliberately or it will not happen. Upright, it has become visible to other people, which is the part that makes it real.
When reading about money through a Scorpio lens, the Three of Wands says that you feel like money is your only guarantee of privacy, a problem to solve (or avoid), and something that must be accumulated before you can breathe. This has either led to you building a quiet security that no one can touch, or to you spending on the people you fiercely love because safety feels like a lie anyway. You have not looked at your full financial picture all at once, and the not-looking costs more than the looking would. The Scorpio blind spot in it is the feeling of being fooled, or of being seen as naive, or of depending on someone who will leave.
In practice that can look like a risk with money, or earning from something you actually like. Whatever form it takes, it is about to become visible to other people.
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