Welcome to Tarot for Scholars, a resource that helps you weave the deep wisdom of tarot into your daily life and work. In each post, we offer reflections and prompts for exploring your own inner world and unlocking the unique creative power of your scholarship.
Knight of Wands
About this card
An enthusiastic trailblazer. Pursuing a creative quest, guided by inspiration and instinct more than intellect. An extroverted, exuberant energy of exploring the outer world, fueled by inner fire.
Other interpretations
Margy’s cards, clockwise from top left: Radiant Tarot; New Chapter Tarot; Cosmic Slumber Tarot; Shining Tribe Tarot; Elemental Tarot; Navigators Tarot of the Mystic Sea; Spolia Tarot; Tarot of the Spirit.
Helen’s cards, clockwise from top left: Moon & Stars Tarot; Light Seer’s Tarot; Japaridze Tarot; Canes Arcanae; Star Spinner Tarot; Muse Tarot; Tarot of Mystical Moments; Forest of Enchantment Tarot.
Questions and prompts
What situations (if any) tend to bring out your Knight of Wands energy? What does an excess of this energy look like for you? What does a deficit of this energy look like for you?
What purposes could you imagine Knight of Wands energy serving in your work? Or, what purposes does it already serve?
Take 15 minutes to free-write in response to one of the following prompts or another prompt that you like. First, start by completing the sentence, and then keep on writing in an unbroken flow until you run out of time or words. Resist editing or judging yourself along the way! (a) “What fascinates me most about my subject is ….” (b) “I wish I could tell the world that …” (c)“My favorite part of being a scholar is …”
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Yours in scholarship,
HELEN SWORD is a scholar, poet, award-winning teacher, and founder of the WriteSPACE, an international writing community with members in 30+ countries. Her research-based books, articles, and online tools empower scholarly writers to write more clearly, confidently, prolifically, and with greater pleasure.
Visit Helen’s website here.
MARGY THOMAS is the creator of ScholarShape, a body of work dedicated to elucidating the patterns of Story-Argument across genres, disciplines, and life itself. Through services and DIY resources, Margy helps scholars use Story-Argument patterns to design their work — and to find its deeper meaning and higher purpose.
Visit Margy’s website here.
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