What does Knight of Swords mean in love?

Direct, intense, impatient. Somebody who says what they mean immediately and expects the same back.

That directness is genuinely attractive and it comes with a specific cost: this figure does not slow down for somebody who processes more slowly, and reads hesitation as evasion.

Reversed, verbal harshness, or a partner who argues rather than communicates. The distinction matters: an argument has a winner, and a conversation does not need one. A relationship where every difference becomes a debate is this card reversed.

As somebody's feelings, it reads as strong, immediate and probably already stated. Whatever this person feels, you are unlikely to have to guess.

Decisive, rapid action driven by conviction. Say it directly.

Excellent for arguments that need making and problems that need attacking, and genuinely valuable in situations where hesitation is the expensive option.

As a person he is the one who will say the thing in the meeting. That is worth a great deal and it is not the same as being right, and he does not reliably distinguish between the two.

Aggression, tactlessness, rushing in without the facts. Argument as a hobby.

The last is the most recognisable: somebody for whom disagreement is recreational, who is enjoyable at a distance and exhausting to live or work with.

Also read for force that has run out of direction, where the speed has continued past the point where anybody could say what it was for.

Upright: decisive action, directness, conviction, speed, ambition

Reversed: aggression, tactlessness, haste, argumentative

• What needs saying directly that I have been softening?
• Where has my speed cost me accuracy?