Knight of Wands
Minor Arcana · Wands · number 12 · Cavaliere di Bastoni
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The Knight of Wands gallops away: departure, absence, flight, emigration, a change of residence. If these days you are thinking about a move, a trip, a job in another city, it is no accident: the card says movement is in the air and it will do you good. It can also indicate a young, friendly person who enters or leaves your life quickly. In love, be careful of someone who promises and rides off. The practical advice: if you have to go, go, but pack with method. The impulse is right, the haste is not: check the papers, the accounts and who stays behind.
Source: Arthur Edward Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910) · read the original passage
Reversed
Reversed, the Knight of Wands falls from his horse: rupture, division, interruption, discord. A cancelled trip, a partnership breaking apart, a relationship ending abruptly. If these days you feel cut off, or a project has stopped without anyone explaining why, it is no accident: the energy was too much and badly aimed. Beware of decisions made in a fit of anger, especially in the family and with business partners. It is not a sentence, it is a hard brake. The practical advice: before closing a door for good, wait three days and reread the situation with a cool head.