1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 142
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SUMMARIZED DESCRIPTION OF THE SIXTEEN COURT CARDS
KNIGHT OF WANDS
The Knight of Wands represents the fiery part of Fire; he rules from the 21St degree of
Scorpio to the 20th degree of Sagittarius. He is a warrior in complete armour. On his helmet
for a crest he wears a black horse. In his hand he bears a flaming torch; a flame also in his
mantle; and upon the flames does he ride. His steed is a black horse leaping.
The moral qualities appropriate to this figure are activity, generosity, fierceness, im‐
petuosity, pride, impulsiveness, swiftness in unpredictable actions. If wrongly energized, he is
evil‐minded, cruel, bigoted and brutal. He is in either case ill‐fitted to carry on his action; he
has no means of modifying it according to circumstances. If he fails in his first effort, he has no
resource.
In the Yî King, the fiery part of Fire is represented by the 51st hexagram, Kan. The sig‐
nification there given is entirely in accordance with the doctrine of the Tarot, but great em‐
phasis is laid on the startling, perilous, and revolutionary character of the events cognate. The
Querent is advised to be apprehensive, yet cool, resolute and energetic: to beware of untimely
action, but to go forward with tense confidence in his own ability.
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