Knight of Swords

Description & Symbolism

Knight of Swords

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.

Divinatory Meaning

Upright

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.

A soldier, man of arms, satellite, stipendiary; heroic action predicted for soldier.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed

Imprudence, incapacity, extravagance.

Dispute with an imbecile person; for a woman, struggle with a rival, who will be conquered.