The Knight of Swords is referred to as the Lord of the Winds and the Breezes and King of the Spirits of Air, and he represents the creative aspect of mind and intuitive thinking.
He bestows clear perception and freedom from limiting beliefs.
He brandishes his sword as he flies along on his steed and there is nothing that will stop or delay him from his purpose. This refers to the quality of a new idea that can overtake you and you cannot stop until you pursue it to its end.
As with all the Swords, the ideas that are born can lead to inspiration or conflict and so the danger is to avoid being callous or insensitive while pursuing your purpose.
This Knight heralds swift and unmistakable changes to routine and life's ordinary patterns. What starts out as an inspired idea has the potential to sweep all before it and uproot your life and create much disorder.
The lesson for you here is to learn to be flexible with change, to embrace change or at least not be totally disrupted by it. Changes are not always bad, but change is often necessary and uncomfortable because if we are left to decide when we change we would probably want to stay right where we are as we have become accustomed to the comfort of routine and certainty.
If this Knight comes into your life as a person, he is brilliant and inventive and attractively compelling, but also a little cold and callous.
He has the air sign qualities associated with Gemini, Libra and Aquarius, and so embodies the winds of change - bringing new experiences, new ideas and new friends.
Be ready to be swept up by change now - it might not be what you tell yourself you want, but it will not be dull!
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