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Knight of Wands Tarot Card Meaning

Knight of Wands belongs to the suit of Wands — the fire suit of will, creativity and ambition. Upright it speaks of passion, adventure, impulsive action; reversed, of recklessness, frustration. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Knight of Wands tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · WandsFire

Upright meaning

“Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: passion, adventure, impulsive action, energy, momentum.

Reversed meaning

“Rupture, division, interruption, discord”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: recklessness, frustration, burning out.

The archetype

In the language of the intuition function (will, vision and desire — the fire of becoming): the extraverted function (Knight) — pursuit, the quest psyche.

Astrology

The fiery aspect of Fire; court of the fire triplicity (Aries, Leo, Sagittarius).

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