Knight of Wands Tarot Card: Pull No Punches

A Knight of Wands is bold and in his or her creative output. They have things to communicate to the world, and they do not hold back on doing so. Remember this: generally speaking, people don’t get noticed when they pull their punches. People who want to be noticed need to be fearless in their expressions. If there is something you feel needs to be said, come out and say it. There are people who need to hear it. Don’t deprive them because you were afraid of what some other person might say or feel.

Sure, feathers might get ruffled, but you know what? Feathers are meant to get ruffled just as the ocean isn’t meant to stay eternally calm. The water is there, just like the feathers are there. Conditions occur that disturb their calmness sometimes. This is a law of nature. It is just as so with the energetic balance of human nature. Things are what they are, and sometimes somebody- a Knight of Wands- makes a person see them from an uncomfortable angle. They do this by offering a reflection of the situation through an innovative and creative endeavor that shines a light on something the person prefers to stay hidden.

Too often, these people will go on the attack, waging war against the Knight of Wands for the audacity they show in exposing them, however metaphorically that exposure may be. But the Knight of Wands persists, appreciating that no true advancements are ever made without upsetting some status-quo or other. They do it because that is just their nature. Knight of Wands are bold and fearless and do not hold back when they have something to express. –– Jim Larsen

Knight of Wands Tarot Card: Express Yourself Fearlessly

Somebody with a Knight of Wands personality is a fearless creative genius. They have the courage it takes to piss people off via their creative output. They have the guts to go beyond what certain people will feel safe with and not worry about what they think about them for it. They have the unique ability to zoom out from their ordinary world and see everything from a wide perspective beyond the comfort zones and safety limits of others. As a creative genius, a Night of Wands sees these comfort zones and safety limits as arbitrary borders between what is intrinsic and what is imposed.

A true Knight of Wands, a true creative genius, will set their sights on what they want to express and accept that this expression may potentially ruffle some feathers. But you know what? Any creative genius will express themself without feeling the imposition of trying to please everybody. What happens when you try to please everybody? Nothing. Nothing happens. You end up pleasing nobody while making no statements or having no impact. You end up being watered down and homogenized because you don’t want to upset anybody. The Knight of Wands finds this unacceptable.

The Knight of Wands says, “I have something to say, and here it is…” Then they express it through their creative endeavors, confident that what they have to say is worthwhile and will be appreciated by at least some. Their ambition is to reach past their detractors to those who will appreciate and benefit from what it is they have to say. They know that it would be simply wrong to not express what it is they feel the need to express for fear of those who will not like hearing it, even if they must bear belittlement and criticism for it. In many ways, those with a Knight of Wands personality are the heroes of the world, for they express and inform fearlessly. — Jim Larsen

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