Minor Arcana · Wands · fire
Knight of Wands
Knight of Wands in tarot is a card of impulse, bold action and passionate pursuit.
Key meanings
- impulse
- bold action
- passionate pursuit
- adventure
- drive
Knight of Wands upright
A bold rush: you race passionately and decisively toward what you desire.
The shadow side
Breaking into a gallop before you understand where you are riding.
Knight of Wands reversed
Fire without a bridle: heat, impatience, a hurry that leaves everything unfinished.
Knight of Wands as the card of the day
A hot steed is straining forward inside you, wanting to act, to burn, to race toward what you want. Give that passion room, but lay light reins on it, let the fire carry you rather than consume you. Courage is your ally today.
The question this card asks
What are you so passionately drawn to, and are you ready to hold the reins at this gallop?
Knight of Wands: yes or no?
yes
The Knight of Wands charges ahead without looking back. Yes, act.
Read through fire, the card comes out at yes, which tells you where the weight falls before you decide.
In a yes-or-no draw one card gives weight, and the weight here comes from impulse. Pull your own card →
Every card is a mirror, not a verdict. Walk the other arcana and listen to what they say together.
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Knight of Wands (fire) - a good card or a bad one?
There is no bad card in the deck. It carries impulse and bold action, and whether that reads warm or difficult is decided by your question and by the position. Scaring you is not my job.
Is Knight of Wands a major or a minor arcanum, and what does the element of fire add?
Minor, suit of Wands (fire). Small decisions are the ground of the minor arcana and large ones of the majors, and that ground here is fire.
Who stands beside Knight of Wands in the suit of fire?
It sits between Page of Wands and Queen of Wands. The suit climbs from Ace to King, and the whole climb happens in fire.
What does Knight of Wands (fire) mean upright and reversed?
Upright, the reading starts from impulse and bold action and opens out from there. Upside down it reads as the same thing withheld, and fire is what is being withheld.