Tarot card
Knight of Swords
Knight of Swords: intellect and action advancing with speed and little hesitation. The card joins the air nature of Swords to its courtly role.
1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Knight of Swords in full
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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Air, first attested 1888 CE.
Suit and element
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Air
Traditional- Who says so
- Not yet attributed to a school
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet investigated
Swords express the powers of Air: thought, judgment, conflict, communication and force consciously directed.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23