Knight of Wands
Minor Arcana · Wands

Knight of Wands

KeywordsAdventure, quick action, passion, impulse

The picture · Bright face · Shadow · Way through

Every card has four faces: what the picture shows, the bright face it turns when the situation supports it, the shadow when the same root is overdone or stuck, and the way through that the picture itself draws.

The picture

A knight's horse rears, set to charge

Bright face

Headlong drive; a challenge taken hot

Shadow

Impulse with no brake

Way through

The horse has not yet leapt — one breath to pick the line

As your card of the day

If Knight of Wands is the first card you draw today, the day leans toward “Headlong drive; a challenge taken hot”. When it tips toward “Impulse with no brake”, remember the way the picture draws: The horse has not yet leapt — one breath to pick the line.

Read Waite's 1911 text and the correspondences

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