Four of Wands
Upright
They are for once almost on the surface—country life, haven of refuge, a species of domestic harvest-home, repose, concord, harmony, prosperity, peace, and the perfected work of these.
Reversed
The meaning remains unaltered; it is prosperity, increase, felicity, beauty, embellishment.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2The picture
From the four great staves planted in the foreground there is a great garland suspended; two female figures uplift nose-gays; at their side is a bridge over a moat, leading to an old manorial house.
Older readings
Unexpected good fortune. Reversed: A married woman will have beautiful children.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §4. Waite collected these and says they often disagree with the main meanings.Waite wrote in 1911 and some of his meanings show it. Tarot is a tradition of reflection, not a prediction, and no card decides anything for you.
