KNIGHT OF SWORDS – vocation

In work, the Knight of Swords is the fastest card in the entire deck. He is the one who gets done in a week what others have been discussing for six months.

This is your energy now. Determination, a clear head, quick wit, the courage to say what everyone thinks at the meeting but no one dares to. This is value. A rare value. There is no project in the world that didn't start with such a move: someone got tired of planning and just started.

But look at the horse. The knight doesn't control it – the horse carries him. This is the shadow of this card in work. It's not that you're fast. It's that after a while, the pace takes over. You start because it's important, and then you're just spinning because you can't stop. At some point, you don't even remember why you started.

And the shield is missing. That's why this card wins battles and loses wars. You win the argument at the meeting, and then for a week, no one invites you to anything. You were right. But you paid a high price for it.

If you have such a colleague or boss around you: impressive and exhausting. They don't listen to you completely. Not out of malice – they simply know the answer in the middle of your sentence. Don't let their pace become your pace.

Momentum is good. The direction is the question.

You want to go. Now, today. And you are right that the situation calls for movement – this card is never the card of waiting.

The angels did not come to slow you down. There is something in you that few people possess: you set off. You don't wait for the perfect moment, you don't ask for permission. You go. This is a value, and it should not be trampled on.

Just look at the picture. The sword is high. The horse gallops. And no shield anywhere.

This is the only thing they ask. Someone who approaches their work this way not only hurts others – they also leave themselves defenseless. They have no plan for when the system strikes back. There is no consideration for what will happen afterward.

If there's an email you want to write to your boss – write it. But don't send it today. Leave it until morning. What is true at eleven at night will still be true at eight in the morning. But what you send at eleven, you can't take back at eight. This isn't cowardice. This is the difference between the sword and the wound.

And if you are preparing to resign: it may well be time. But don't decide at the pace of what happened today. Sleep on it. If the answer is still the same in the morning, then that is your answer, not one of impulse.

Look at one thing today: where are you heading? Not to change your mind. But to know what you gain when you get there.

Then gallop on. Your momentum is good.