Three of Wands
Cardinal fire: pocket universe, creative realms, the spectrum
ARIES II + THREE OF WANDS
The Three of Wands corresponds to Aries II, Prism. You can learn more about the decans here.
So much of Prism is about trusting the magic of what we can’t yet see, and finding practical ways of bringing in what is outside the visible spectrum; of getting in touch with our unconscious desires.
T. Susan Chang likens this card to the asynchronous nature of the magical process.
This fruitful awaiting, this hopeful expectation, reminds me of what it's like to engage in a magical act - and then stand ready for its successful outcome without forcing the process.'
The Three of Wands in the Wild Unknown deck is a prism. Into an ordinary, monochrome world, the white light is split open and poured into its centre.
More than this, it is also a pocket universe – a realm that operates on its own logic.
Austin Coppock, talking about this decan, describes it as capable of producing micro-universes.
Applied magically, this decan has tremendous power. It is the power to generate the world of your choosing, and to be its sovereign. It is the key to creating pocket realities which do not obey the laws of the collective reality field in which they exist.
– Austin Coppock, ‘Aries II – The Crown’
I can think of no better way to describe a creative project than a pocket universe; a realm that does not obey the laws of collective reality and over which you are sovereign.
Aries II is a decan of sovereignty over your creative and fictional worlds; it invites you to continue the work of Aries I, where you allowed the entire rainbow to converge inside you. Now, you can split it back open into its wild, scattered spectrum, and invite in new desires, new colours, new feelings and see how wild and magical your world can grow.