  The Thoth-KNIGHT OF SWORDS & The Wild Wood Tarot-King of Arrows-King Fisher:Aliester Crowley
choose to call his sigil for Air-Swords and the King of this element, Knight of Swords. In the Ryder-Waite, Connolly Tarot, Night
Sun Tarot, Golden Dawn and most traditional tarot decks, the King of
Swords is the master of air; However, others have chosen King of Arrows as their masculine-Air Element sign. Crowley's Knights, are comparable to the Kings, simply because, Master
Theron, believed in the Actions of Chokmah-Will To Force-, the 2nd Sephirotic Being,
who is Active Fire and the first Masculine expression. His Knights are "Battle Kings",
the Knight of Swords is the fiery part of air, as all the Kings are the
fiery part of their element and are not prone to sitting on their
authoritative butts, directing others. Rather his Kings, are out in the
forefront of battle, chargers leaping, weapons a swinging, kicking the
opposition's "behind". To Crowley's reckoning, Kings are expressions of "Will to Force"/Chokman. Other traditional decks also have knights, but
these are the "Princes" in Crowley's Tarot.  The Thoth Tarot-Knight of Swords
is the fiery part of Air and rules from 21 degrees Taurus to 20 degrees
Gemini. The Knight of Swords represents the personification of the
activating Force behind the World of Astral images and ideas. The Knight
is attributed to subtle actions and craftiness; as the element-Air this
card refers to the personality of the conscious mind that we know as our "self-conscious".The Thoth Tarot Card shows the Knight mounted
on a charger (symbolizes the dynamic energy of Taurus) with swords
extended which represents the violent cutting power of this Force. As a Archetype personality,
The Knight/King of Swords represents a mature male with a cutting edge
consciousness at his ultimate phase of creative control and will. Often
involved in matters of justice, discipline, civic and personal order.  The Wild Wood Tarot, depicts the King as an aggressive bird figure, known as a King Fisher, and name him the King of Arrows. The King Fisher, is a small bird, both sexes wearing the color of the rainbow, and is equally at home in air or water, making it the perfect representative of Sun/Fire and Air. Therefore, the shamans, often used this bird as a symbol for ancient wisdom and lore.The position of the King Fisher on the wheel of life, is the period of spring moving from Imbolc, through the Spring Equinox, towards Beltane In Mythology, The Knight/King of Swords or Arrows is the personification of ***Yama
the Bull God who gave up his Earth life to become King of the
Underworld. A powerful judge, a godlike authority, and an embodiment of
discipline and order. Because of the dual nature of Gemini, that is attributed to this
personality, they can either absorb his/her entire life in concentrated
aspiration, or can go the entirely opposite way and become incapable of
decision or purpose becoming weak in action. Again the surrounding cards
will show which aspect of Gemini (the twins) is directing the Dynamic power of
Taurus.  ***Yama (Hinduism)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This article is about the deity Yama in the Hindu tradition. For the deity Yama in other religious traditions, see Yama. For other uses, see Yama ."Dharma (Hinduism)" redirects here. For the Hindu concept, see Dharma. DeathयमDeva Naraka Pluto Om Surya puthraya Vidhmahe MahaKalaya Dheemahi Thanno Yama Prachodayath Dandawater buffalo Hades . In Hindu Religion, Yama (Sanskrit: यम), is the lord of death. In the Rigveda,
he is mentioned as one who helped humankind find a place to dwell, and
gave every individual the power to tread any path to which s/he wants.
In Vedic tradition,
Yama was considered to be the first mortal who died and espied the way
to the celestial abodes; thus, as a result, he became the ruler of the
departed. Yama's name can be interpreted to mean "twin", and in some
myths he is paired with a twin sister Yami. Yama
is associated with various roles in Hinduism that are not always
consistent throughout the stories. Sometimes, he is the lord of justice and is associated with Dharma, such as in the Brahma Purana; in other Puranas, Yama has no association with Dharma at all. Yama is also found in Buddhist texts. The Buddhist Yama, however, has developed different myths.  After reading this Wikipedia essay
on Yama and Yami, the "twins", and the fact he is also known as the "bull god", we can see why Yama is the personification of this
personality archetype who is Gemini in Taurus. In Tarot- the Knight/King of Swords or Arrows is considered the archetype of the Mastery of Passionate Thinking and Intentionality.  By now many of us know that the Tarot Court Cards represent personality Archetypes. In the book: TAROT-Dictionary and Compendium, Jana Riley describes Archetypes ;
The original Archetype was a thought in the Mind of God-male and
female. The Supreme Mind became enamored with this thought and created
life in Its image by the friction of Its Word-or by the motion of Its
sound. This caused the Universe to divide into ordered strata, and
because creation is within the Mind of God, everything is a model or a copy of the original pattern, which is God.The court cards are
pictures of 16 different core- personality types, as shown on the Tarot
birth chart. 8 proven by Carl
Jung, and later 8 more by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers who devised
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ( MBTI) which is, for now, the most
accurate tool used by counseling centers around the world. Proving once
again the Ancient Wisdom of the Qabalistic-Tarot and how we are slowly
coming out of the amnesia imposed on us by the concussive Age of the
Patriarch. The Thoth Knight of Swords
is seen to be flying over water, as is the Wild Wood-King of Arrows-King Fisher. In alchemy, elemental air is
associated with the Mind and elemental Water is "emotionality". Therefore, this
combination of air and water represents passionate thinking. Three swallows, on the Thoth card represent the union of mind and heart with all action proceeding in united direction. This serves to remind us that focus, will, and intention must be aligned to achieve any goal.The dagger in the left hand of the Thoth Knight and
the sword in the right hand, represent yin/yang (Yama/Yami), (feminine/masculine)
forces of One energy. Female is magnetic force and male is electric
force, both must be combined to create a balanced unity called life and/or living forms. The Thoth Knight's four wings, are four directions, north, south, east and west; each represent four levels of conscious: mental, emotional, spiritual and physical. The six pointed star
at the center of the wings, symbolizes illumined clarity and spiritual
guidance. Golden armor represents powerful fluid thinking. To reiterate: The Knight of Swords or King of Arrows, is called "the fiery part of Air" which may confuse you, but really He represents
the violent power of motion applied to air. He rules from the 21st
degree of Taurus to the 20th degree of Gemini. In the Thoth rendition, he is a armored warrior
whose helmet bares a rotating wing and is mounted on a rampaging steed.
With both sword and poniard in hand, he is the very idea of Attack; He is the Spirit of the Tempest. The Knight of Swords or King of Arrows can be compared to the Lightning bolt of an idea
absorbing the entire life of one, in concentrated aspiration. There will be
Live and Evil here. The stubborn Will of Taurus and the Inspiration of Gemini are also applied here. The Knight of Swords or King of Arrows, represents the True Will
(of the Soul) exploding the mind spontaneously. What many of us forget or
have been indoctrinated to forget, is that True Will is not
empathetic---Spirit has no need for empathy, as it never Dies and the
Love of Idea is its e-motion. Those of us Spirit-personalities, who are
fortunate enough to inherit a human body, now know how to empathize with
the "living" and will adjust our ideas to accommodate the expansion and
liberation of the living from their poverty of self imposed or ruler imposed-
definitions rather than just erase "others" with visions of tempestuous
velocity; of immense violence. Love of idea without empathy is a
Terrible Tempest of Self-Absorbed Desire, where the Vision is more
important than the living, such as, poisoning the very water one and their children must have to live, by over zealous commercialism. Hence, this Card reminds us to take time to
love being, for the body human is a Vision of Divine Will-To-Be and must
be our Vision Center, so that we can "feel" the violence of our own
Ideas, and restructure them to care for the living rather than sacrifice
them to our ideas.  Remember, Chokmah, the 2nd Sephiroth that is known as Wisdom, also is the primeval"Will to Force" and
is a mental-tempest of force that rules the Knight of Swords or King of Arrows. Chokmah
also represents the beginning state of conscious energy that is masculine in action. Therefore,
Chokmah is the "idea of male" and it's mate, Binah, is the "idea of
Female". When one exists, so does the other. Now we have the concepts
of Father-Mother God and/or the Divine Creative. Chokmah being the 2nd Sephiroth, is also the Force behind the four twos and the four Knights-Kings, that
launches ideas towards Binah, "the womb of Mind", who receives and Understands; understanding is the foundation of love, and therefore, beginning formation through gestation. Wisdom is learning, such as when one slams their finger in a door, they learn to not do that! However, Understanding, requires
the knowledge of both the force, and form of a door; such as why
fingers are different from wood, observation of finger placement, forces
and the forms of a shutting door. Hence, Wisdom and Understanding both
come together to prevent shutting one's finger in the door. One may say
that Wisdom is "do or don't do that", and Understanding is knowing why not to do this or that. The Twos/Twins symbolize the Forces of the King or Thoth Knight. The four
Queens unite and initialize the "will to Force" of the Knights with the Understanding of "Will to Form". Hence,
the Knight-Kings are the Fathers of and/or initiators of Material Forces. Therefore the Tarot King of Arrows/Knight of swords personality is
also known in the Hermetic Qaballah as Lord of Winds and Breezes. King
of the Elemental Spirits of the Air; the Sylphs and Sylphides. Again, this is a
very Strong masculine mental force whose zodiacal attributes are the
last Decan of Taurus and the first two Decans of Gemini, and just as able to switch directions of thought, as the wind. Here
we have Specific Fire in Primal Air that is the personification of a
Force behind the World of Astral Images and ideas. This Power is
violent, aggressive, and a cutting edged force that is much like a
overheated wind or a powerful dual edged sword. He is storm and violent emotion applied to an
apparently manageable mind/ The
symbols of this Mad Movement, is depicted in the art of the Knight of
Swords On the Thoth Card, his maddened steed is charging down from the
heavens, with tempest about,smearing the clouds and armed with both
sword and poniard, he is the very
personification of the idea of attack. The Bull like power of Taurus is
represented in his steed and the Twins of Gemini are shown in his
armament. The crest on his Helm (his personality) is a revolving wing,
showing violent motion in air, much like a helicopter beats the air into
submission. One must remember that Yama, is also a "death god", and
therefore, the suit of Swords, the traditional death suit, represents
the thoughts of destruction as well, so again, this persona's rapid
mental activity can easily be used for both good and evil. The Wild Wood Tarot, King of Arrows, just shows the rapid wing-movement of the King Fisher, keeping the idea of rapid mental activity as the rapid flight of this small bird. Such a character,
if personal, would be that of a person who is clever, skillful, active
and subtle. Being that he or she, is fierce, delicate, and courageous, much like
a Dragon Fly, does not keep him or her from being prey to their ideas, which come
as inspiration without consideration.
Often such a personality finds, that inadequate violent action is
merely futile effort at best, and therefore can "over react", which
tends to make them emotionally unstable. However
we choose to dignify this Knight or King image, he is the "Extended Flame of mind" as
Zoroaster calls it. Here the True Will To Force, as Chokmah is the Exploding the Mind. The Taurian influence, makes it steadfast and the
first Decanate of Gemini makes it inspirational; thus an Idea tends to
absorb the entire life of the individual in the blinding light of
concentrated aspiration. Thus the description shows the danger to this state of
mind, for the first Decan is also known as "shortened force" and that
shortened force is symbolized by the poniard. Shortened force often
comes off as defensive, cruel and stubborn behavior. WHEN THE KNIGHT OF SWORDS/KING OF ARROWS,IS THROWN DURING A READING: The querent is or may be experiencing:
This Archetypal personality is a person:
If ill dignified:
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Tarot Card Comparisons: The Thoth Tarot-Knight of Swords & The Wild Wood Tarot- King of Arrows-King Fisher
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