Knight of Wands Tarot Card Meaning and Art Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
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About the Deck
Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
These cards are featured in my book, "A Concise Guide to the Tarot" by Loren Lundgren. I took the information for the meanings on these tarot cards from "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition Under the Veil of Divination", by A. E. Waite, 1911, now in the public domain. I edited the tarot card descriptions and meanings for clarity and brevity, modernizing the text. I scanned in the original black and white illustrations of the cards drawn by Pamela Colman Smith, from the 1911 book. I digitally retouched and painted those illustrations in detailed color.
Provenance
Loren Lundgren, © 2021
Description
A knight rides on a journey, armed with a short wand. Although wearing armor, he is not on a warlike errand. He passes pyramids on the horizon. The rearing of the horse is a hint at the character of its rider, and suggests an expectant mood or things connected with expectation.Meaning of Knight of Wands from the Vivid Waite Smith Tarot Deck
Upright
Departure, absence, fleeing, emigration; a dark, friendly young man; change of residence.
Reversed
Parting, division, interruption, discord.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
A dark young man. A friend.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A bad card; according to some readings, alienation.
Reversed
For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
Departure, Separation, Disunion
Reversed
Rupture, Discord, Quarrel.
