Upright
The card foretells material trouble above all, whether in the form illustrated--that is, destitution--or otherwise. For some cartomancists, it is a card of love and lovers-wife, husband, friend, mistress; also concordance, affinities. These alternatives cannot be harmonized.
Reversed
Disorder, chaos, ruin, discord, profligacy.
Reflection
Light
Recognizing your needs and taking action to fulfill them
Doing as much as you can do with what little you have
Admitting you need help
Embracing the aid that comes your way
Focusing on what you have versus what you don't
Looking for the light at the end of the tunnel
Shadow
Exaggerating your financial or physical needs
Adopting a poverty mentality
Refusing to support yourself
Refusing offers of support
Playing the martyr
Turning down opportunities to improve your health or finances
Wallowing in misery
Symbolism
Two mendicants in a snow-storm pass a lighted casement.
Ace of Wands
Two of Wands
Three of Wands
Four of Wands
Five of Wands
Six of Wands