Nine of Wands
9 (The Completion: fullness, readiness, ripeness)
Keywords
- toughness
- persistence
- stamina
- loyalty
- release
Upright meanings
- Sticking with it for the duration
- Fulfilling your promises and obligations
- Bearing up under incredible duress
- Dragging yourself across the finish line
- Picking yourself up by your own bootstraps
- Refusing to quit
- Going as far as you can go and being satisfied with your performance
Reversed meanings
- Making yourself a martyr
- Abandoning your post
- Giving up at the first sign of opposition
- Being prevented from fulfilling an obligation
- Failing to be dependable
- Refusing to let something go that needs to be released
- Beating a dead horse
Fortune telling
- Don't relax yet; there's more to come
- The test you're facing now is happening for one reason: to show you who your real friends are
Questions to ask
- How do you cope when things get really tough?
- When you get low, what encourages you to go on?
- At what point should you be able to let this situation go?