"After taking some personal risks, you may be feeling the need to put intense energy into being with yourself and discovering your self.  You're so committed to your own growth and direction that you may be unaware of the rest of the world.  You may be strongly introverted now, or you may be exploring a part of your personality in a secret or hidden manner." Gail Fairfield

Knights symbolize protection, strength, ambition and questing.  Fire is associated with inspiration, energy, passion, feeling, enterprise, ambition, matters pertaining to the "spark of life", and the element of fire.  Typically this card refers to someone who is energetic and enthusiastic about life, heedlessly charging ahead in search of adventure and excitement.  The Knight of Wands can either represent qualities you possess or someone else in your life who possesses these qualities. 

I just adore the story of Dick Wittington's cat that Lisa attached to the Prince of Wands.  The story is interesting and the image has such energy and enthusiasm in it.  This cat obviously loves charging forth and chasing these mice.  He does this not only because it is what he was designed to do; he enjoys it.  He is skilled in this talent and loves finding ways to practice them.  He is generous with his services and enjoys the fact that his passion benefits others.

The Artist's Inner Vision Prince of Wands is a more static figure.  His right hand is over-sized and holds what looks like a pair of eyes on a stick.  A scepter rests on his arm.  He looks out at us with confidence and self-assurance.  He is richly dressed and seems at ease with himself and his surroundings.  Something about his expression reminds me of paintings one sees of royal princes and dukes - he realizes he is not the ruler but he is confident in his own powers and knows ho far he can go. 

So today is a day I should find ways to express my self and my talents.  It's a time to unleash my creative energies and become more comfortable sharing them.  While I considered this card I realized that this is one of my challenges.  I may be confident that I have certain skills but I'm not always comfortable expressing them.  I sometimes feel that I deliberately dampen my energies in this area.  I don't want to attract undue attention to myself.  This card actually connects beautifully to the reversed Sun I drew yesterday.  Both are about becoming comfortable expressing myself in a creative fashion.  It's about being willing to share and explore my skills and talents rather than hiding them and trying to keep them under wraps.  That is the message I need to hear today - that I should be exploring and enhancing my skills and talents not trying to hide them or deny them.  At the same time I need to accept that I do have limitations.  They don't need to hold me back but I do need to be cautious about not overdoing things.