Minor Arcana · Wands
Knight of Wands
Card Code
W12
Suit
Wands
Rank
Knight
Description & Symbolism
Knight of Wands
He is shewn as if upon a journey, armed with a short wand, and although mailed is not on a warlike errand. He is passing mounds or pyramids. The motion of the horse is a key to the character of its rider, and suggests the precipitate mood, or things connected therewith.
Divinatory Meaning
Upright
Departure, absence, flight, emigration. A dark young man, friendly. Change of residence.
A bad card; according to some readings, alienation.
Reversed Meaning
Reversed
Rupture, division, interruption, discord.
For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.