SageTarot Journal
Knight of Swords from the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot deck
ArcanaMinor
SuitSwords
ElementAir
AttributionAir of Air
Knight of Swords

Knight of Swords

In shortStraight at it, fast, and say the thing.

Upright

decisive actiondirectnessintellectual chargefast pursuitambition

This is pure directed thinking and nerve — the person who says it, makes the call, and does not wait for everyone to agree. Enormously effective in the short term. As advice: stop deliberating and move, and accept that some damage is the price of that speed.

Reversed

aggressionhastebulldozingargument for its own sake

Speed becomes damage. Words that cannot be unsaid, a decision made too fast to be right, arguments pursued for the pleasure of arguing. He arrives, wins, and leaves someone else to clear up.

In the pictureHe charges full tilt, sword forward, cloak and plume streaming; the horse's eyes are wide. The trees bend hard and clouds race — the whole image is wind. He is the fastest thing in the deck and there is nothing ahead of him.

The turn

Move now, but write the message and reread it before sending.