Knight of Swords Upright: Competence and Flexibility
The upright Knight of Swords may represent a young, intelligent, competent man. He shows cleverness, flexibility, care, and an ability to manage matters in the querent’s challenge.
Knight of Swords Reversed: Manipulation and Volatility
The reversed Knight of Swords may represent a young, intelligent man whose character shows craftiness, manipulation, volatility, or anxiety. These traits may help the querent recognize him.
In psychological Tarot readings, the court cards represent people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The Knight of Swords may represent a young, intelligent, competent man: clever or crafty, managing or manipulating, flexible or volatile, careful or anxious.
About the Court Cards
The four levels of human expression apply to the court cards, too. Wand court cards portray willful people with strong intent and/or a spiritual inclination. Cup court cards represent creative, passionate, and romantic people with cultivated feelings. Sword court cards illustrate intelligent, discerning, and analytical people. Pentacle court cards personify practical, down-to-earth, realistic people.
Each Enlightenment Tarot court card displays a set of human character traits to ease the recognition of the people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The court cards correspond to the four astrological quarters:
Wands/fire: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius
Cups/water: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
Swords/air: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
Pentacles/earth: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
The querent may identify the people involved in her challenge by considering their sun sign. But she needs to take this with a grain of salt, since the ascendant and the Chinese signs play a role, too.
Explore all 78 cards and their meanings in the Tarot Map.