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In traditional medieval art, there are no princes or princesses as in the nontraditional Thoth Tarot and Robert Wang's Jungian Tarot. This is because the Medieval world of Europe was under the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church, which is notably misogynistic in its dogma that stated women were the reason for mankind's "fall from grace". The prevailing Church backed propaganda of the time stated that she/Eve tempted Adam to disobey Yahweh and hence the expulsion from the garden of Eden. Therefore, woman should be kept as 2nd class citizens. Hopefully, this is a well known example of propaganda now days and not taken seriously . Woman is the reason Human Kind exists! Each of us is made of and were formed in "mother's blood". Besides, the Garden of Eden resides in all of us, but we forgot the truth of our own freedom to create ourselves as we wish as dogma and indoctrination took over as self-identity. . Each of us has the identity of the One and that is called "I AM", which exclaims existence, but not what exists. The "What I AM", is our own declaration and therefore, an assumption that provides our fate. None of us have "fallen from grace". We are the Grace of the Divine made manifest.

This is not to say that the ancient Adepts didn't know the truth of YHVH (Tetragrammaton) Yod being -Father/King and Heh-being Mother/Queen, and Vau-the Prince and the last Heh-the Princess, all creating the formula of Tetragrammaton. Therefore, the pages (the last Heh) are notoriously effeminate images that hint at femininity. This kept the artist of the Tarot cards from the proclamation of heresy and the inquisitor's hot brands. On the Rider-Waite-Smith-Page of Wands, we see a young almost feminine looking man in the act of proclamation. As if stroking a phallus, he holds his leafy and phallic staff as he is proclaiming his fertility, Fecundness and therefore, his creative power. He is unknown to himself, but faithful and his tidings are strange forms of "self stroking" for he is beginning his journey into Self-knowledge.

His outfit is in the gold and red of the element of fire. On his tunic are the medieval images of salamanders, who were believed to be fire elementals. He is notorious for his dark qualities, yet also a faithful friend, lover, envoy, and postman (messenger). S/He is also noted for his quick anger and therefore, a dangerous rival. S/He is the image of fiery passion, and youthful amorousness. Again, the Rider-Waite-Smith card chooses to keep to Waite's oath of silence and ignore the esoteric meaning of the card, although Waite knew it as he practice in and achieved high status in the Golden Dawn Lodge of Western Hermetic Qabalah. But keeping to his oath, he shows only the exoteric meaning with a medieval Page holding an obviously phallic wand, sprouting leaves of fertility. As stated: Pages (Knaves in the medieval Marseilles deck from which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was derived) were used in the old Tarot decks, because of their "effeminate qualities", kind of like combining the Prince with the "will to form"-authority of the Queen. The idea also being that the Princess Personality can be in both males and females as they are not really separate sexes. When the "outer self" is masculine the "inner self" is feminine, and when the "outer self" is feminine than the "inner self" is masculine. However, this Law of Attraction is too esoteric for Waite to divulge in his card. The inner anima (female-Latin for Spirit) and animus (male-Latin for Soul) in the realm of psyche, was later best defined by psychologist and parapsychologist Carl Jung (look him up on the INTERNET). Therefore, the Page of Wands is comparable to the Thoth Princess of Wands, but does not divulge the "inner magic" of such. Hence, the rather unremarkable Page has a red feather in shape of a flame (Yod) on his cap, and salamanders decorating his garment; all of which implies the element of fire.

The Modern Witch Tarot-Page of Wands, also depicts a young person with a red ribbon in her hair and wearing a red T-shirt symbolizing the element of Fire and carrying a Wand, topped with a leaf rather than a phallic head, to show Fecundness and fertility.. She is on the path towards higher achievements, but is just beginning her journey and can be rather arbitrary, as shown by the black hair. Right now, she seeks constant attention and emotional support and uses her clever guile to twist people towards her point of view. Being remarkably clever but not overly intelligent, She will find out that Wisdom comes from the "inner self" and not the ego but that lesson is not yet known to her. S/He is passionate, extremely sexual in the way of youth as well as impulsive and often spontaneous in action. Fire is the element of ardor. Hence, s/he does come up with "flashes" of bright ideas, but her ego claims them rather than understanding that her journey opens her up to a higher state of mind. Youthful exuberance may best describe this personality and although she can be loving and kind, she can easily resort to cruelty. Sometimes profaning people behind their backs and ridiculing those who don't live up to her "standards".

Always acting on impulse she can be very witty and possesses an extraordinary imagination, often to the delight of those around her. However, she is subject to great swings of mood; one minute she is the soul of decorum and the next she is exceptionally vulgar. When alone, she often feels depressed. However, she is bursting with new ideas, and passionately seeking new things to do, to study and learn, although she doesn't have the maturity to follow through with her fleeting passions.

When the Page/Princess of Wands is thrown in a divination it implies:

• A person whose beauty is created by their own vigorous energy.
• S/he represents immature sexuality and therefore, can be both seductive and permissive. 
• This one's passion is so great that one is dazzled by a chemical reaction that enforces the impression of beauty on the beholder.
• Being a type of "spontaneous combustion", in anger or love s/he is violent. sudden, and implacable.
•  S/he can often be irrational, when displaying her enthusiasm, fiery ambition, and aspiring nature.
• Such a Princess, never forgets an injury-----and the only patience she shows, is when lying in ambush to revenge a perceived wrong.
• S/he is often self-absorbed to the extent that she is entirely reckless in achieving gratification and is notably insatiable.
• However, as is all Power-----it is as destructive as it is constructive, so caution and encouragement compete with each other in this one.
• Passion is the "big bang" of all Creation.  But like all fires, one must know how to work with it, never against it, to properly achieve the necessary transformations of their Great Work.

Needless to say, if ill defined and/or Reversed::

• The Page of Wands persona, would be the defects of such passion.
•  S/he would be superficial and theatrical, shallow and false while never expecting that s/he is anything of the sort.
• S/he becomes predominately a "spasm of mood" and s/he is cruel, unreliable, faithless and domineering.

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