In divination
He symbolizes established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery; those are his ships, bearing his merchandise, which are sailing over the sea. The card also signifies able co-operation in business, as if the successful merchant prince were looking from his side towards yours with a view to help you.
Reversed: The end of troubles, suspension or cessation of adversity, toil and disappointment.
The library's note
Three staves stand planted in the ground while a calm, stately figure leans on one of them, back turned, watching his own ships cross the sea below. Waite reads the scene as the suit's vitality turned into settled enterprise, "established strength, enterprise, effort, trade, commerce, discovery," wands' energy no longer personal contest but business already under way and bearing fruit elsewhere. Where the Two surveyed a dominion with some unease, the Three watches its ships actually sail, the suit's ambition turned outward into something closer to confidence.