The TAROT FOR ARTISTS project began in the spring of 2021. This is number 47 in a series of 78.
QUICK HITS
Excitement / Hot New Projects / Sparks of Inspiration / Courage / Swagger / A Charmer / Bold Moves / Creativity / Sexual Energy / Thrill of Movement / Removal of Obstacles / The Entertainer / Embodied Will / Talented Sprinter / ADHD (Gifts and Challenges) / Passionate Person /Strong Instincts / High-Spirited Positive Masculine Archetype / Eagerness / State of Pleasurable Anticipation / Adventure / Fast Car on an Open Road / Increase in Activity / Revolutionary Hero / Generous Lover / Son of the Sun / Brain on Fire / Impetuous Love Interest / Possible Confusion / Dream Chaser / Fertilization / Gently Penetrative Warm Rays / Inexperienced Hot Head / Vitality / Burst of Life Force / Impulsivity / Pride / Butterfly Hunter / Multi-directional Momentum / Chaos Magician / Babe Magnet / Desire Bomb / Sublime Attraction / The Comic / Delight / Purposeful Play / Initiator / Joyride /
THE IMAGE
Heartthrob wearing a motorcycle-space-helmet eye-fucks the future.
A STORY
I interrupt this idea with another idea. KNIGHT OF WANDS is racing to meet his next exciting possibility. And that one. And the other one too. KNIGHT OF WANDS is chasing five different butterflies at the same time. They are all so beautiful! Don’t make him choose! KNIGHT OF WANDS loves to start a new project. Keep this bad boy on task by maintaining contact with all the ideas sparking through your brain right now. KNIGHT OF WANDS is great at starting a new manuscript or multi-phase game plan, but he burns out fast if he doesn’t ground down, hydrate, and strategize. KNIGHTs are the hottest courtiers and that WAND is a flaming torch — double-fire moves double-fast, so make sure you point his horse in the right direction.
QUESTIONS
Who would you follow onto the field? What makes you want to charge after your own visions? Do you have a system for reviewing your unfinished projects? What are the conditions that will support your commitment to stay the course even when you start to lose steam?
ACTIONS
Respect the energy of your ideas. Figure out what you need to set up so that when the initial fever of a new work starts to fade, you don’t forget what had you all fired up in the first place. Accept and embrace the fact that KNIGHT OF WANDS is excellent at beginnings — of creative projects and love affairs — but his intensity is impossible to maintain. Balance your physical system with a long swim and lots of cooling non-alcoholic drinks. Go for a walk outside. Sit under a tree. Capture all your brainstorming into a spreadsheet. Sketch out a schedule. KNIGHT OF WANDS is a lateral thinker and some ideas will need to sit in a drawer for years before they are ready to be born and that is AOK. Take lots of notes, and don’t lose them.
THE READING
My mother picked KNIGHT OF WANDS when I saw her last week, and she also picked THE HIGH PRIESTESS (II). The number forty-seven reduces numerologically to two, and so I like the synchronicity of this pairing. KNIGHT OF WANDS wants to race out into the world with all of his gifts on display, but THE HIGH PRIESTESS holds some of the gold back. KNIGHT OF WANDS loves attention, while THE HIGH PRIESTESS prefers to control the action from behind a diaphanous veil. KNIGHT OF WANDS doesn’t always finish what he starts, but THE HIGH PRIESTESS oversees an impeccably organized archive. Nothing will be wasted if you ride the line between them.