Cosmic Tribe Tarot

KNIGHT OF WANDS

Impervious Clown

The Knight of Wands creates with fiery uninhibited magic. He comes on strong because he has a burning desire to express the vitality he so deeply feels. Creativity races through him like poetry, music, and love course through our blood. Thrilling and contagious energy engulfs him in a madcapped charm.

The Knight of Wands holds a big phallic branch between his legs and cups his genitalia in a seductive come-on. He is inviting us to cocreate with him. Sexuality is his highest expression and a potent metaphor for the creative urge. He is the fiery passion sparking new ideas and new relationships. Like sexuality, he fuses two into one; many influences into new forms. He raises energy along the big branch and possibilities sprout as leaves. The fire at the end of the branch is the weapon he uses to overcome obstacles to self-expression. The Knight spits fire, showing us he has brought the dragons of fear and desire back inside where he can use their power to mold and shape, rather than destroy, the world around him.

By working with his fears and desires he has liberated himself. He designs himself in accord with internal impulses borrowing freely from those around him. He has overcome the need to conform to the judgments of others and prefers constructing his own fantasies. The ring of fire around his legs draws a circle of protection within which he expresses himself limitlessly. Outside the circle the Knight of Wands loves to liberate others through the power of his performance. Yet he is willing to take their limitations into consideration. He needs people to be his witnesses and aims to inspire them. But he knows that some people can't or won't be liberated no matter what he does, so he moves on. The balance between the totally free inside of the circle and the socially responsible outside of the circle keeps him vital with other people without offending his muse.

Divinatory Meaning

Should the Knight of Wands come on to you in a reading, explode into some creative endeavor. The Knight of Wands is that person in your life or aspect of yourself completely uninhibited and free to create. Do you feel the links between sexuality and creativity? One flows freely into the other and both begin in the core of the body. Build them both and express them extravagantly. Now is the time to start a new art project or love affair. Draw a protective fire circle around yourself and let yourself go wild within it. Then go outside it and express your newfound power in a way that at least some people will understand. Don't confuse inner freedom with external responsibilities. Both are essential to the creative process. Dazzle the world with your passion, and in so doing, help others achieve liberation.