Wand symbol tarot quiz: reading the fire suit's staffs
What the wand means in tarot, why it sprouts leaves, which element rules the suit and how the number and placement of wands tell a story. Five per round.
- 5 questions
- ≈ 2 min
- +5 bronze keys for a flawless run
What does the wand mean in tarot?
The wand is a symbol of fire: will, desire, drive, the nerve to act. This quiz checks whether you understand the language of the symbol itself — which element the suit belongs to, why the wands in the Tayna deck are alive and covered in leaves, and how the number and placement of wands on a card reveal its meaning. Each round draws five questions from twelve.
Most questions show four cards from the suit and ask on which one the wands behave in a particular way: flying, crossing, standing like a fence or weighing on someone's shoulders.
How the wands tell the suit's story
On the Ace there is a single wand held by a hand from a cloud: a spark, a gift waiting to be taken. On the Two one wand is in hand and another stands apart — what you have and where you could go. On the Three a figure leans on one wand while two more are set firmly in the rock: a foundation already exists.
Then the wands start interacting. They cross in a quarrel on the Five, rise from below toward a lone defender on the Seven, fly in formation on the Eight and stand like a palisade behind a weary hero on the Nine. On the Ten there are so many that fire turns into a burden.
One detail of the Tayna deck matters a lot: the leaves on the staffs. They remind you that the fire of the Wands does not only burn, it also grows things; it is a living force, not a bare stick. Tarot works like an alphabet of images here: once the symbol is clear, the card's meaning is easier to recall in any spread.
How to play
Answer right away and read the explanation. You cannot change your pick, but you can replay as often as you like, with questions reshuffled every time. A round with no mistakes earns Tayna keys.
All questions and answers
Open after you play: the full question set with right answers and explanations.
1. Which element does the suit of Wands belong to in the Tayna deck?
Right answer: Fire
Wands are the fire suit, which is why they speak of will, passion, energy, creativity and action.
2. On which Wands card do the wands fly across the sky in neat formation?
Right answer: Eight of Wands
Wands in flight, as if loosed by one hand: the Eight, speed and news, everything set in motion.
3. Why are the wands in the Tayna deck covered in green leaves?
Right answer: Its fire helps things grow
The suit shows living staffs in leaf: the fire of the Wands does not destroy, it helps things grow.
4. On which Wands card is one wand held in hand while another is fixed at the edge?
Right answer: Two of Wands
One wand is held, the other stands apart: what you have now and where you could go next.
5. Which area of life do Wands describe most often in a spread?
Right answer: Will, action and initiative
Wands are not about feelings like Cups, nor money like Pentacles: they are about movement and will.
6. On which Wands card are the wands crossed overhead?
Right answer: Five of Wands
The crossed wands of the Five are forces that have collided, each pulling its own way.
7. Some traditions link the suit of Wands to air.
Right answer: True
That version exists, but in most modern decks, the Tayna deck included, Wands are fire.
8. On which Wands card is one wand held against others rising from below?
Right answer: Seven of Wands
Six wands climb the slope toward a single one: this is what pressure you have to withstand looks like.
9. What does the number of wands on the numbered cards show?
Right answer: A stage of one fire
The numbered Wands are stages of one impulse: from the Ace's spark to the Ten's load of too much fire.
10. On which Wands card do the wands stand like a palisade behind the hero?
Right answer: Nine of Wands
Eight wands behind him are trials survived, and he clutches the ninth: the last line of defense.
11. On which Wands card are there so many wands that the fire becomes a burden?
Right answer: Ten of Wands
On the Ten there is so much fire that it turns into a load: time to decide what is worth carrying on.
12. On which Wands card are two wands set in rock while the figure leans on a third?
Right answer: Three of Wands
The figure leans on one wand while two stand firm in the rock: solid ground behind, open space ahead.