Ace of Wands

Upright

A spark with nothing built on it yet. Pure appetite for something — the moment before it becomes a plan.

Reversed

The spark that won't catch, or one you keep smothering because starting would make it real.

Its element

Fire — drive, nerve, the thing that gets started. Fire is generous with energy and terrible at admitting when it has run out.

An Ace has no decan. It is the whole element, undivided and not yet spent on anything.

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