Knight of Disks is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Disks in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of industriousness, patience, harvest and concreteness. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Earth and 21° Leo – 20° Virgo in astrology.
industriousness · patience · harvest · concreteness · perseverance
What does Knight of Disks mean?
Persevere with patience: steady work leads to a concrete and secure harvest.
Everyday meaning
A practical, hard-working and reliable person, tied to the land and to tangible results; or a long piece of work that reaches its harvest. It points to effort well spent, constancy and prudence.
Psychological meaning
Energy put at the service of concreteness: the ability to work stubbornly to nourish yourself and others, at the cost of seeming slow or dull.
Initiatic meaning
Fire of Earth, the Yod of the final He, referred to Chokmah: the warmth that makes things germinate, the force of mountains and earthquakes. He rules from 21° Leo to 20° Virgo, where solar vigour places itself at the service of the reaping.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, he is miserly, dull, jealous of what is his, shut in a labour without horizon.
Knight of Disks reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Slowness that becomes inertia, stubbornness, materialism; or effort that reaps nothing for lack of vision.
Knight of Disks in love, work and spirit
In love
A faithful and concrete partner, not very romantic but present and protective.
At work and career
Agricultural, craft or managerial work; long projects that demand tenacity.
In spiritual practice
Working the earth as prayer: the cycle of sowing and harvest as a path.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Knight of Disks
Chokmah · Earth · 21° Leo – 20° Virgo
Crowley on Knight of Disks
The Knight of the Thoth deck rides a heavy draught horse, helmet lowered and a flail in hand, in a field of ripe wheat: strength in the service of the reaping.
Frequently asked questions
What does Knight of Disks mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Persevere with patience: steady work leads to a concrete and secure harvest.
What does Knight of Disks mean in love?
A faithful and concrete partner, not very romantic but present and protective.
What does Knight of Disks mean for work and career?
Agricultural, craft or managerial work; long projects that demand tenacity.
What does Knight of Disks mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Slowness that becomes inertia, stubbornness, materialism; or effort that reaps nothing for lack of vision.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Knight of Disks?
In the Golden Dawn system Knight of Disks corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Earth and 21° Leo – 20° Virgo in astrology.
