By Sarah Taylor
A succinct message in the three cards drawn this week, with the Knight of Swords (the King in Rider-Waite Smith-based decks) as initiator, transforming and clarifying what is lying in front of him. In fact, this reading is going to be much like the Knight of Swords when he acts: swift, and to the point.
The Knight of Swords in his golden aspect is a Solomon-like figure. His wisdom is deep, his insight acute. Some of the words on the card that that describe him are “passion,” “flexible thinking,” “ambition,” “straightness,”
What the Knight wants, the Knight goes for. His focus is the way that he envisions his desired outcome — and here we are witnessing the active shaping of that outcome. Swords are associated with thoughts; more broadly, anything to do with the mind. The Knight is the template of the fully individuated, masculine aspect of mind — one that is action-orientated, that wields the Ace with the movements of an adept, that cuts through the bullshit to the heart of the matter.
The light emanating from the Knight’s eyes is the light of consciousness. It is his consciousness that is directed: he doesn’t look with his physical eyes; he has an inner sight that transcends the physical. He is Neo at the moment where he sees The Matrix, in the film of the same name by directors Andy and Lana Wachowski.