KING OF WANDS / KNIGHT OF WANDS
WAITE / THOTH
Dates: July 22 β August 22 (Leo) | 21st degree of Scorpio to the 20th degree of Sagittarius.
Yi-Ching: The Arousing, Shock (51); Refers to the feeling of heightened awareness after a shocking event. WAITE
"The physical and emotional nature to which this card is attributed is dark, ardent, lithe, animated, impassioned, noble. The King uplifts a flowering wand, and wears, like his three correspondences in the remaining suits, what is called a cap of maintenance beneath his crown. He connects with the symbol of the lion, which is emblazoned on the back of his throne."
"Divinatory Meanings: Dark man, friendly, countryman, generally married, honest and conscientious. The card always signifies honesty, and may mean news concerning an unexpected heritage to fall in before very long. Reversed: Good, but severe; austere, yet tolerant."
CROWLEY
Fire of Fire, Lord of the Flame and the Lightning, The King of the Spirits of Fire, King of the Salamanders.
"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, impetuosity, 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 Yi King, the fiery part of Fire is represented by the 51st hexagram, Kan. The significance there given is entirely in accordance with the doctrine of the Tarot, but great emphasis 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."
DUQUETTE
"When you have your shit together, you should never really be afraid."
"Fire of Fire. A proud, generous man. Sometimes impulsive or brutal. Action, but indicates failure if not successful on first try."
