The Knight of Wands as How Someone Sees You: Exciting, Passionate and Likely to Leave

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Knight of Wands as how someone sees you means they see the rearing horse. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed, and what it costs you.

If you want the short answer, the Knight of Wands as how someone sees you means they see you as passionate, bold, adventurous and magnetic: the one who sweeps in, who makes things happen, who is more alive than anyone in the room. It is an exciting picture. It is also a picture of someone they expect to leave, and the expectation shapes how much they let themselves rely on you.

This is you as the rider on the rearing horse. They see the energy. They have already braced for the departure.

The Knight of Wands upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Knight of Wands guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with energy, passion, adventure, impulsiveness and a lust for life. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Knight of Wands as feelings covers what they feel; the Knight of Wands as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Knight of Wands as a person who sees you as thrilling: confident, physical, fast, the person who made their life more interesting. They are drawn to you. They may also hold the picture a little loosely, because knights ride on, and they would rather not be surprised.

What I would not read into it is that they see your loyalty. The Knight of Wands is seen for the charge, and the picture may not include the possibility that you would stay.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person sees you accurately, that they want you for more than the excitement, or that they would believe you if you said you were staying. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Knight of Wands reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Knight of Wands as how someone sees you means the picture has gone from thrilling to reckless: they see you as hot-headed, unreliable, impulsive, someone who burns through things and people. The energy they admired has started to look dangerous to them.

In your own question, ask whether the person has lately seemed wary of your enthusiasm, or whether they have said anything about needing to know you will be there. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Knight of Wands as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Knight of Wands suggests they remember you as passionate and exciting and gone too soon, or too fast, or too hot. It is a vivid memory and a cautious one. Exes who hold this picture are often drawn back and afraid to be. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Knight of Wands as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they are attracted and a little braced. They see the fire. Let them see you turn up on an ordinary day, and the picture may let them lean in.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at whether the person makes plans with you for next month or only for this weekend. Look at whether they seem surprised when you keep a promise. A Knight of Wands picture is exciting and provisional; the way to change it is to be boringly reliable for a while.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, what the person seems to find exciting about you, and whether they have ever trusted you with something that needed you to stay. The third note is the picture's limit.

For comparison, the Knight of Cups as how someone sees you and the Knight of Swords as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Knight of Wands card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Knight of Wands as a person covers the card when it describes a temperament rather than an image. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.