Minor Arcana · Asa Dokuz
Near-fullness and resilience in drive, creativity and action.
Upright: fire, drive, creativity and action
Reversed: blocked, excess
The figure leans upon his staff and has an expectant look, as if awaiting an enemy. Behind are eight other staves—erect, in orderly disposition, like a palisade.
The card signifies strength in opposition. If attacked, the person will meet an onslaught boldly; and his build shews that he may prove a formidable antagonist. With this main significance there are all its possible adjuncts—delay, suspension, adjournment.
Obstacles, adversity, calamity.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1911 — public domain.