  THE Qabalistic Thoth Tarot KNIGHT OF WANDS. (Kings in the Golden Dawn, Connolly, B.O.T.A., Waite Deck, Night Sun Tarot etc.) & The Night Sun Tarot-KING OF WANDS.There
has been much confusion communicated by Tarot readers, concerning the implied
meanings of the Court cards; the Kings are no exception. In his great text book: The Qabalistic Tarot (a text book of mystical philosophy) Robert Wang wrote: The
four Kings or Figures mounted on Steeds [Golden Dawn and Crowley
versions] represent Yod forces in the name of each suit, the Radix,
Father and commencement of Maternal Forces. A Force in which all the
others are implied and of which they form the development and
completion. A Force swift and violent in action, but whose effect soon
passes away, and therefore symbolized by a Figure on a steed riding
swiftly, and clothed in complete amour. This Hermetic Qabalah
meaning may even confuse the issue more, unless the Tarot Reader
understands that you cannot separate the Personality from the events
that impose themselves upon it.  The Knight or King of Wands is
the motive force behind the Alchemical Fire or Primal Fire (The Thoth Knight, carries
the same wand as the Ace of Wands to illustrate this point) on the
Qabalistic Tree of Life. This is a fiery personality with great
motivational ability. Now remember, trying to divide the person from the
event is pure folly, so here we have a passionate personality going
through a deep-core "Will to Force" event. Old perceptions are being
destroyed as fuel on this fire, so that new extended and liberated
perspective gives birth to spiritual insight. You may call this positive male-power,
as in electrical polarity, that forms a swift and occasionally violent
personality with the capacity to accomplish long-term goals and
handling extremely complex situations but is most often fierce,
impetuous, impulsive and tends to act unpredictably.  A man's life is characteristic of himself. -Carl G. Jung As previously implied: To many tarot readers,
the court cards often are the most confusing to read. This is because
some authorities interpret them as people in a persons life, others as
events and still others, as both people and events. Many Qabalistis see
the court cards as archetypal- personality traits as well. There is a good reason for all of this confusion ; the reason being because people are nearly always involved in events that are like some aspect of themselves.
Since everything is one energy, there is no obvious separation between
what we experience in the environment and what we are on the level of
self-consciousness. It is a foolish attempt at best, when reading tarot,
to try and divide the person from the event that is occurring. Such
attempts at division could even be perilous. It pays to remember that events often happen to us because of ourselves rather then in spite of ourselves. We are a Psyche- creation who creates pyschosomatically. Hence, what we think, and/or emotionally "feel",becomes our reality.   The Knight of Wands and the Night Sun Tarot-King of wands represents the spiritual evolutionary
in all of us. This is the Will-to-be part of ourselves that is
unwilling to edit, rehearse, or hold back any part of who we are.This ferocity, is easily seen in the Art of the Night Sun Tarot. Symbols of fire abound in Fabio Listrani's art. With the symbol for the fire element as an upright triangle, the fire coming of of his "crown of thorns" and his red Mohawk hair cut, reminiscent of "wearing one's heart on one's head"; hence, he is passionate in his emotions, and holds nothing back. The Wands of Tarot are symbolized as serpent headed vines, in these expressive wand cards and the "lion of royalty", is also present as a royal garment. The Lion is a symbol used for the Sun, so here again is a fiery authority implied. The crown of thorns and the vines wrapping this king's feet, imply the inflexibility and sacrifices impose on the Law giver and/or ruler who is bound to his throne. Upper left of the Night Sun Tarot Card, is the triangular symbol for Air, and on the upper right, the triangular symbol for fire. We all know how volatile air of fire is, we may even classify it as "hot air", of which this kingly personality has in considerable amounts. The Thoth Tarot-rider of the unicorn horse
is the symbol of vision and inspiration that has purpose and
application. Positive male power that is dynamic and is in all of
us, no matter the sex---that's why we are alive! You are a personal vision of your fiery
Spirit! The Thoth Tarot: KNIGHT (King) OF WANDS: To reiterate: Chokmah is the Father God principle and is the first idea of Maleness. Binah, the Mother God,
is the first idea of Femaleness. Here the Divine Creative begins the
action of Sexual attraction; of the electric and magnetic actions of the
Universal Creation. This "God Sex" is often a hard one to explain to the self-absorbed who think sexuality as "pleasing moment" of conquest or some sort of shame imposed on them by their "nasty" body.  Those who have felt the deep
and powerful Inner forces of Divine Sexuality are usually unable to
mentally rationalize it. It is stunning and absolute attraction, like
lightning striking steel. It isn't needy, or manipulative, it is as if
two magnets of opposite polarity just "slam" together without resistance
of any kind. It is so powerful, that there isn't any other person in
the world, but the 2 who form as 1....one just knows this is the only mate. This purely energetic attraction is beyond rational thinking and the brain is stunned by it's lack of control over the situation. Therefore, this Powerful Energy attraction is called, "The Burning", reminiscent of the Fiery Spirit. The Kingdom of Heaven, is all around you, and it is built from the attraction of opposites. To
understand this powerful attraction we really have to re-think
sexuality and understand the attraction of Chokmah and Binah; of the
electric and the magnetic.The Universe is created by this often overwhelming technical activity of Union. The Thoth Knights are the Kings,
in many other decks: to Crowley, a king siting on a throne did not
depict the Active power of a King. Thus, he calls them Knights, which
are Kings, Armored, on mighty-chargers, undaunted by battle. The Knights represent Yod forces in each suit. The Yod is the Radix, and/or Father and commencement of Material Forces. All
other forces are implied here, and as ideas they develop and commence
in the Knight. As if volcanic, the Force of the Knight is swift, violent
action, that also moves on swiftly. Thus the effects of this force soon
pass away. One must remember, that Chokmah, is the "Will to Force", from which the Knight or King of Wands personality archetype is created from.  THE KNIGHT/KING OF WANDS: is the Lord of Flame and Lightning, king of the spirits of Fire, King of the Salamanders. The last Decan of Scorpio and the first two Decans of Sagittarius are attributed to this card, The Knight of Wands is Specific Fire in Primal Fire on the Tree of Life. Fire,
in a alchemical-elemental sense, represents the active-vital Spirit Force of
Movement that is in all Motion and yet it is also the tempering fire
that melds together opposites for the construction of something more
than either one. Spirit Fire is electric while Spirit Water is Magnetic, forming an electromagnetic Sexuality of "force and form", a technology
invented by the Divine Creative. Therefore,The Crowley card of the Knight of Wands
is all about active force, a leaping black Charger mounted by a dark
knight, depicting the Dark Fire of Dark Energy, that all Visible Light
comes from and that visible light is depicted as the surrounding flames. The knights crest is a horse head,
implying the influence of Sagittarius, and he is in armor implying the
qualities of the Spirit Fire that does battle for us all. The same Ace
of Wands, is the Wand in His hand, implying that he is the vehicle for
the Fire Force. The characteristics of this Powerful Knight-King, are qualities of activity, such as, fierceness, impetuosity, pride, impulsiveness, swiftness in unpredictable actions. If
negative, he is evil-minded, cruel, bigoted, and brutal. In either
case, his swiftness gives him no recourse to act otherwise, so he is ill
fitted to modify his actions according to circumstances. Great personal power, is often seen as arrogance
by the weak of conviction, so this person is either Loved or hated,
without "gray area" acquaintances. Those who doubt themselves, will be
inclined to follow and thus secretly fear or hate such a powerfully
active Spiritual Being who is unconcerned with how others react to them.
Also this will be a person with a Great Libido, as Spiritual Fire and
Sexuality are invariably linked, this is also a contention among the
weak, whose very pusillanimous character deters the union of others.
Also those who serve reaction rather than action, will either avoid or
try to besmirch the Active Character of this, Kingly Spirit. To the Astrologer, the Knight of Wands rules in the zodiac from 21 degrees Scorpio to 20 degrees Sagittarius.
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Tarot Card Comparisons: The Thoth Knight of Wands & The Night Sun Tarot- King of Wands
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