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Knight of Swords Tarot Card Meaning
The Knight of Swords tarot card means ambition, speed and direct action. Charging ahead at full speed.
Upright
- Ambition
- speed
- direct action
Reversed
- Recklessness
- tactlessness
- burnout
Yes or no
Maybe
The Knight of Swords is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Swords. Swords are the suit of air: thought, truth, words and conflict.
What the card shows
A knight in armour charges at full gallop with his sword raised, leaning into the wind. The trees behind him bend and the clouds are torn.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Knight of Swords is read as going straight at a goal, fast. He is driven, quick-thinking and blunt. The card points to decisive action and sometimes to rushing in.
Knight of Swords reversed
Reversed, it is read as haste, tactless words, or wearing yourself out.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Knight of Swords is usually read as a maybe: the answer depends on something not settled yet. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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