- Arcana
- Minor · ace of wands
- Correspondence
- The root of fire
- Element
- Fire
Ace of Wands
The root of fire
Upright
spark · urge · new fire
The root of fire: a want that arrives whole and needs somewhere to go. Act while it is hot, even roughly.
Reversed
false start · smoulder · no outlet
Energy with no channel, or a spark mistaken for a plan and lit anyway.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Ace of Wands is the root of fire — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.