From the Victorian Fairy Tarot, the Knight of Spring (Wands); from the Haindl Rune Oracle, Not/Nauthiz:
The Knight of Wands is much like his mount, given to zig-zagging all over the place rather than going anywhere in a straight line. Anything new is a distraction, and any adventure must not be postponed. This is the son the Empress never sent to the store for any need. He doesn't do this on purpose; he's just too full of energy and excitement to be tethered in any way. Not/Nauthiz is often translated as 'need;' the Old English Rune Poem implies that it is not necessarily destitution:
Need is constricting on the chest
although for the children of men it often becomes
a help and salvation nevertheless
if they heed it in time.
In this case, the rune cautions us to slow down and pay attention to what our body, mind and heart is trying to tell us. There is something important that needs our attention so that it doesn't become a bigger, more problematic issue.
I like the analogy of the Knight of Wands being the son that the Empress knows that his talents lie along different paths then dependability. Thank goodness we are all so unique, how boring otherwise.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point - just because we don't have a certain virtue doesn't mean we don't have any!
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