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Knight of Wands

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Knight of Wands

Action, adventure, passion, bold pursuit, charisma.

Keywords · Upright

  • action
  • adventure
  • passion
  • bold pursuit
  • charisma

Keywords · Reversed

  • impulsiveness
  • recklessness
  • scattered passion
  • delays in action
  • hot temper

Impulsiveness, recklessness, scattered passion, delays in action, hot temper.

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How this deck reads it

The composition, caught at the moment the horse lifts its forelegs, determines the character of this card. Because it depicts not a standstill with all four hooves on the ground but the instant the hooves are raised, the picture itself does not come to rest. The motion of thrusting the staff overhead and the flames coiled at the feet are the same directional force emphasized twice, and the red plume draws directly on the intensity of chroma possessed by the vermilion pigment of dancheong.

The pyramid in the background hints that the place this figure heads toward is not the unknown but a goal that already has form. The contrast between the drifting clouds and the fixed pyramid creates a tension between the one who moves and the thing that does not move.

Artwork

A knight in red armour rides a white horse with a raised foreleg and lifts a staff high, and flames rise at the horse's feet. Pyramids are visible in the distance.

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