1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Knight of Wands

Minor Arcana · Wands

Knight of Wands

• departure
• change of residence
• friendly

Upright meaning

Departure and movement: Waite reads a journey or a change of residence, made by a friendly, eager spirit.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives interruption and division. A prompt to finish one thing before chasing the next.

• interruption

Symbolism

An armoured rider on a rearing horse, on a journey, carrying a short staff.

Group

Minor Arcana · Wands

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.