Knight of Wands
energy · departure · haste · adventure
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Wands
In a few words
- energy
- departure
- haste
- adventure
A rider charging off. Energy, boldness, a journey or a move, and not much patience.
Upright
- Everything
- A rider charging off. Energy, boldness, a journey or a move, and not much patience.
- Love
- A passionate, fast-moving pursuit. Exciting; check it has staying power.
- Work
- Bold action, a relocation or a trip. Act; just do not skip the paperwork.
- Money
- Money spent on movement and adventure. Fine, if you know the return.
- Myself
- Confidence in motion. Channel it or it burns the furniture.
Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 174
Reversed
- Everything
- Recklessness, a project abandoned midway, a hot temper.
- Love
- Passion that leaves as fast as it came. Or jealousy and impatience.
- Work
- Rushing and breaking things. A move made without thinking it through.
- Money
- Impulsive spending, a risk taken in anger or boredom. Cool off first.
- Myself
- Frustration with your own pace. Slow is not stuck.
Rupture, division, interruption, discord.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 174
The card, as Waite described it
He is shewn as if upon a journey, armed with a short wand, and although mailed is not on a warlike errand. He is passing mounds or pyramids. The motion of the horse is a key to the character of its rider, and suggests the precipitate mood, or things connected therewith.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 174
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.