Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Knight of Pentacles
Ruach in Assiah
- Suit
- pentacles
- Rank
- Knight
- World
- Assiah
- Soul level
- Ruach
- Position
- Down 1
Ruach, spirit in motion
Ruach is spirit in motion, the level of character and will. Knights are home in Yetzirah, work down one into Assiah, and reach up into Briah and Atziluth.
Upright
Flowing. Character applied to material endurance: discipline carried into lasting work. The will works one world down into the real, and what it learns there is patience.
Misdirected. Grinding on will alone, with no presence in the work.
Reversed
Blocked. Will cannot get into the work, effort with no traction.
Flooded. Overwork, will poured into everything until nothing is left.
The image
A knight sits on a heavy black horse that stands perfectly still in a ploughed field. He holds a coin before him and studies it. Of the four Knights he is the only one who is not moving.
Learn how to read Knight of Pentacles in a spread
This page shows you what Knight of Pentacles means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
