Knight of Wands: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

An armoured rider urges a rearing horse through a desert.

Upright

movement · adventure

Act on a lively impulse while keeping the destination in view.

Reversed

rashness · interruption

Impatience or a sudden change can scatter a promising effort.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Knight / Prince (chariot): Air of Fire. 20 degrees Cancer to 20 degrees Leo. Court naming differs between decks; this identifies the Book T rank explicitly. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.