1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 166
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KNIGHT OF DISKS
The Knight of Disks represents the fiery part of Earth, and refers in particular to the
phenomena of mountains, earthquakes, and gravitation; but it also represents the activity of
Earth regarded as the producer of Life. He rules from the 21st degree of Leo to the 20th de‐
gree of Virgo, and is thus concerned greatly with agriculture. This warrior is short and sturdy
in type. He is clothed in great solidity of plate armour; but his helmet, which is crested with
the head of a stag, is thrown back, for at the moment his function is entirely con‐ fined to the
production of food. For this reason he is armed with a flail. The disk which he bears, more‐
over, is very solid; it represents nutrition. These characteristics are borne out by his horse; a
shire horse, solidly planted on all four feet, as was not the case with the other Knights. He
rides through the fertile land; even the distant hills are cultivated fields.
Those whom he symbolizes tend to be dull, heavy and pre‐occupied with material
things. They are laborious and patient, but would have little intellectual grasp even of matters
which concern them most closely. Their success in these is due to instinct, to imitation of Na‐
ture. They lack initiative; their fire is the smouldering fire of the process of growth.
If ill‐dignified, these people are hopelessly stupid, slavish, quite incapable of foresight
even in their own affairs, or of taking an intelligent interest in anything outside them. They
are churlish, surly, and jealous (in a dull sort of way) of what they instinctively realize is the
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