WANDS · Knight
Knight of Wands
Fast pursuit, plan later. Courage, travel, the erotic of going. Brilliant for a charge; costly as a lifestyle.
- ELEMENT
- fire
- NUMBER
- Court — pursue: fast heat. The desert crossed at a gallop, plan later.
- MODE
- Pursue — the charge outward
- SYMBOLS
- a rider in a desert, horse rearing, the journey already a spectacle · salamanders on the coat, fire as heraldry · a stave held like a lance, aim that is still mostly motion · pyramids far off, a destination treated as scenery
UPRIGHT
- +brave first motion
- +sexual and creative heat with legs
- +leaving the gate before fear finishes its speech
- −leaving a trail of unfinished fires
- −charm as a getaway horse
- −no map, only dust
- IN LOVE
- Pursuit, heat, a grand gesture. Enjoy the ride. Ask whether they dismount.
- IN WORK
- A sprint, a pitch, a move. Use the knight for the charge; borrow a king for the holding.
- IN SELF
- Your appetite for motion is a gift. It is not a personality that exempts you from landing.
REVERSED
The horse is stalled or running through the kitchen — delay of nerve, or pursuit as a way not to be claimed.
- Blocked — the upright current exists and is dammed.
- Excess — the current is overplayed.
- Shadow — the unused face of the card.
Blocked Knight of Wands loses the nerve at the gate. Excess never unsaddles. Shadow uses heat to avoid the cost of staying.
- PAIRS WELL WITH
- The ChariotEight of WandsAce of WandsThe Lovers
WHAT WE WILL NOT SAY ABOUT THIS PLATE
- a passionate man is coming
- you are too impulsive, calm down
- chase what you want no matter who is in the way