Swords · Minor Arcana

Knight of Swords

Tarot Card Meaning

Knight of Swords tarot card from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Upright

  • ambition
  • action
  • drive
  • fast thinking

Charge forward with intellectual force. Swift, decisive action cuts through obstacles.

Reversed

  • recklessness
  • arrogance
  • impatience
  • burnout

Speed without direction. Ambition becomes destructive when wisdom is left behind.

Symbolism

A knight charges at full gallop into the storm — unstoppable intellectual force.

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