1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 189
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COMPLETION
FOUR OF WANDS
This card refers to Chesed in the suit of Fire. Being below the Abyss, it is the Lord of all
manifested active Power. The original Will of the Two has been transmitted through the
Three, and is now built up into a solid system:—Order, Law, Government. It is also referred to
Venus in Aries, which indicates that one cannot establish one’s work without tact and gentle‐
ness.
The wands are headed by the Ram, sacred to Chesed, the Father‐god Amoun‐Ra, as also
to Aries; but at the other end of the wands are the Doves of Venus.
In the symbol, the ends of the wands touch a circle, showing the completion and limita‐
tion of the original work. It is within this circle that the flames (four double, as if to assert the
balance) of the Energy are seen to play, and there is no intention to increase the scope of the
original Will. But this limitation bears in itself the seeds of disorder.
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