Knight of Wands

Upright

charge · adventure · conviction

Movement with total commitment and imperfect information. Thrilling, and sometimes right.

Reversed

recklessness · burnout · all talk

Speed without steering, or conviction that evaporates once it is inconvenient.

Why this astrology

The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Knight of Wands is fire of fire — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.