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2 July 2025. Celtic-Tao Grove Coaching. Today, I delve into the mystical world of Tarot cards as a guiding light for artists and creators, seeking inspiration from the enigmatic Three of Wands. Each card holds a universe of meaning, inviting a cascade of ideas and emotions to surface. The Three of Wands, in particular, beckons you to stand at the precipice of opportunity, where dreams and reality entwine. 🌼 🌸 🌻

Imagining the figure on the card gazing out over the vast, shimmering sea evokes a sense of adventure and anticipation. It symbolizes not just commitment and stability, but a profound readiness to embrace the possibilities that lie ahead. This image represents the artist's journey, a spiritual odyssey into the realms of imagination and expression. 🌼 🌸 🌻

As you traverse this landscape, consider creating art that embodies themes of resilience, creativity, and the inner strength that propels us forward. Allow the Three of Wands to inspire a deep exploration of your desires and aspirations, guiding you toward works that illuminate the human experience and celebrate the power within. 🍃 🍂 ☘️

You might write a story about a lone person looking out over the sea with three wands in hand, each wand representing a character quality, a dream, or a magical tree. 👨 👩 🌳

You could write a poem with three stanzas (or three sections). The first stanza is about a strong desire. The second stanza is about an intention. The third stanza is about flying into the vast unknown. Each wand represents a stanza and maybe even a mystical tree. 🏠 🐕 🐈

In your painting, the three wands are carved with ancient ruins. Each wand expresses a virtue or desire. These Wands could be crossed, form a pyramid, or be parallel. Maybe the Wands form a triangular entrance to a parallel world. 🌼 🌸 🌻

Know Your Audience - Know who you are writing for.  The audience determines the type of lyrics you write, diction, and the style of music you choose

Set the scene - Where is the song taking place? 

Male or Female - Choose the gender.  Think about whether a male or female is expressing the emotion. 

Become the character - Can you become the character and still speak from truth?  Can you portray your emotion or experience in the different gender?

What’s the form? - Which of the song forms will you choose and why? 

What’s the perspective? - Is the song written from I, You, He, She, or They? 

What’s the voice? - Is the character thinking or talking?  Can be alone, or with someone else, or thinking or talking about someone else. 

What’s the time frame? - Is the song written in past, present, or future. 

What’s the tone? - What is the emotional attitude conveyed in the song?  Pick the tone and keep It consistent throughout the story. 

What’s the diction?  - Is your character urban, country, foreign, or classy.  This determines the tone and language you use. 

These are a few items you can check of when writing the first draft of your song. 

Grab my Songwriting Blueprint to follow along:

Cool! You made it.  Once you get your story straight and simplified, you can plug it into a form that works for your song.  Form is short for formula.  It’s the way a song is structured and organized.

Grab my new Songwriting Blueprint to guide your song idea from start to finish.

The form consists of a few elements:

- The Verse - The verse is where we put the things we’ve learned.  We use the verses to capture our idea, tell the story, and direct the listener through the other elements of the song.

- The Chorus -The chorus is the part you hook with.  It’s where the lyrics and verses lead the listener to and payoff with a hopefully catchy, melodic, groovy hook.  It’s the part of the song your listener will know even if they don’t know the words in the verses.

- The Pre-Hook - The pre hook comes before the chorus.  This element sets up the song for the big payoff.  The goal is to build tension that is released at the chorus

- The Bridge - The bridge is a break in the song usually towards the end.  The bridge musically can lift up or twist the song.  Lyrically it can be the place where the twist or change happens in the song.  Either way, it’s a break from the rest of the song.  It’s a great place to show your imagination and creativity in a tune. 

Let’s look at a few song forms.

Basic Song Forms

AAA - The AAA song form is a classic form used for many folk and country songs.  This form has the title or hook in the first and last line.  You can use this form to shorten a story song by compressing and blending the lines and title.  These songs are usually 3-5 verses long.  Think of “Walk the Line.” By Johnny Cash

AABA - This is a classic song form used mostly by songwriters.  It’s used in all styles of music, especially country.  The title/hook is usually in the first or last line. Think of “Yesterday” by The Beatles or “Just the Way You Are” by Billy Joel. 

VERSE/CHORUS  - Verse chorus form is recognized by chorus repetition and two or more verses to complete the story.  These songs can be structured as follows;

- A - Verse

- B -  Chorus

- A -  Verse

- B -  Chorus

- A - Verse

- B - Chorus

- A - Verse

- B - Chorus

- A - Verse

- B - Chorus

- C - Bridge

- B - Chorus

- A - Chorus

- B - Verse

- A - Chorus

- B - Verse

- A - Chorus

A few thoughts on choosing song form. 

- Song forms depend on the amount of lyric needed to complete the song

- Song forms depend on the song tempo.  Ballads use less form uptempo numbers need room for the pre hook and bridge or lift.

- Set the tempo and number of lines in your song and lock into a form. 

Grab the Songwriting Blueprint:

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