Meaning
Skill, bravery, capacity, defence, address, enmity, wrath, war, destruction, opposition, resistance, ruin. There is therefore a sense in which the card signifies death, but it carries this meaning only in its proximity to other cards of fatality.
Additional Meaning
A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier.
Reversed
Imprudence, incapacity, extravagance.
Additional Reversed
Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.
Knight of Swords
Card No s12
Description
He is riding in full course, as if scattering his enemies. In the design he is really a prototypical hero of romantic chivalry. He might almost be Galahad, whose sword is swift and sure because he is clean of heart.
Actions
Copyright
The Rider-Waite-Smith deck (1909) is no longer subject to copyright, so if you want to copy it, knock yourself out. I got all of Rider-Waite-Smith-deck-(1909) on the website Tarotlore a Reading into the Tarot