Knight of Hammers Art and Meaning
About the Deck
A modern sketched cartoon deck featuring unconventional suits, bizarre arcana, and a dry, satiric wit.
Provenance
Andrew Plotkin. Web, 2001. Used with permission of the artist.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Young dark man. An enemy. A spy.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier.
Reversed
Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A Soldier, a man whose profession is arms, Skilfulness, Capacity, Address, Promptitude
Reversed
A conceited fool, Ingenuousness, Simplicity.