Active cards for today. I will make use of these energies to get things done **crosses fingers**!
We've seen the True Black Knight of Swords before. The card image shows a very active Knight leaping and gyrating, waving two Swords in the air. The two blades cross over his head and where the Swords cross, they glow. His armor is silver in color and aerodynamic in style, allowing for all kinds of unusual movements and at the same time offering effective protection. Behind our Knight flutters written pages. The keywords for this card are direct, logical, cutting, and agile.
The King of Wands stands tall and proud, wearing a golden robe and a crown of golden peacock feathers, holding his staff of office in his right hand and raising his left hand in a gesture of power and greeting. He is stepping forward with confidence, eyes gazing directly at the viewer. The keywords for this card are commanding, inspiring, uniting, and creating.
The Knight of Swords is an incredibly active card, emanating powerful energies. This Knight has chosen to wield two Swords rather than the Sword and shield traditional for this kind of warrior, indicating that pure force is his weapon. His skill is presenting new ideas that cut through feelings and confusion. Those ideas are presented in pure form and not prettied up at all. The King of Wands has power too and is also willing to take risks in order to wield that power, but he also is able to rally others to his cause. He not only talks the talk, but he also walks the walk.
These two cards tell of lots of energy and focus that could move mountains. But there is danger here and a need for balance, the balance needed to walk the edge of a blade. Since we have started talking about Elemental Dignities, let's use them to dig deeper into these two cards.
When working with Elemental Dignities it is important to remember that these influences go both ways. An Air card influencing a Fire card is not always the same as a Fire card influencing an Air card. We can go deeper and examine the transformation of energies through the effects of the four elements by looking at relationships.
The Knights represent Fire and the suit of Swords represents Air, so here we are dealing with Air influencing Fire. Fire and Air strengthen each other the same way that oxygen can feed and strengthen a fire. Fire gets good impulses from Air that add intellect to its energy, but too much of a good thing is the danger.
The Kings represent Air and the suit of Wands represents Fire, so here we are dealing with Fire influencing Air. Air and Fire strengthen each other too. Air enjoys the creativity and enthusiasm that Fire brings, and the rapidly and visibly increasing growth that is stimulated can be exciting. However, if there is a limited supply of Air, Fire can use it up quickly and run out of gas.
Yep, lots of energy. But I think my King of Wands has the confidence to bring some awareness of consequences to my Knight of Swords, and that Knight will bring infusions of Air and new ideas to the King, so he can keep his passions alive and not get lost in analysis.
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