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Knight of Wands Tarot Card Meaning and Art Sola Busca Tarot Deck

Designation

Knight of Wands

About the Deck

Sola Busca Tarot Deck

The oldest complete tarot deck we possess, and one of the only early decks to be fully illustrated.

It is by no means certain, but it has been alleged that the Sola Busca tarot deck was commissioned to honor Alfonso d'Este on the occasion of his wedding to Anna Sforza, granddaughter of Bianca Maria Visconti.

Provenance

Italy, c.1491.

Tags

wands-12, knight-of-wands, knight, wands

Meaning of Knight of Wands from the Sola Busca Tarot Deck

Upright

(Apolino) Chivalry. An attractive male.

Reversed

(Apolino) Chauvenism. An arrogant male.

According to Many Schools of Thought

Papus's Divinatory Meanings

A dark young man. A friend.

A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings

Upright

A bad card; according to some readings, alienation.

Reversed

For a woman, marriage, but probably frustrated.

S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings

Upright

Departure, Separation, Disunion

Reversed

Rupture, Discord, Quarrel.