- Arcana
- Minor · eight of wands
- Correspondence
- Mercury in Sagittarius · first decan
- Element
- Fire
- Sign
- Sagittarius
- Planet
- Mercury
Eight of Wands
Mercury in Sagittarius · first decan
Upright
speed · news · momentum
Things move fast now — messages, travel, decisions in flight. Aim before releasing.
Reversed
delays · haste · scattered flight
Everything slower than it should be, or launched with no aim at all.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Eight of Wands is mercury in sagittarius · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.