The Prince of Wands - Energy of tranformation personified

I am back here after a long time. More than two years, in fact. And the card to restart this journey couldn't have been more appropriate. Yet another pointer towards how apt the 'Card of the day' is when you really connect with it.
The card that lies in front of my eyes is the Prince of Wands from Thoth Deck. Equivalent to the Knight of Wands in other conventional decks.
Even before you get into the details, the raging fire and energy of the Knight come to you as a knock-out punch. If you are not careful to step side, he might well nigh crush you under the wheels of his speeding chariot. But currently I am not a bystander watching this Knight go past me. I AM the Knight.
His chariot is drawn not by a horse as usual, but by a lion. Himself a symbol of sheer force and vitality. It is important to note that all the Princes in Thoth deck are shown riding chariots (as against the Knights in conventional decks like where they are on horseback. Consequently the chariot appears five times in the Thoth deck. Four Princes riding theirs, and of course the Major card of Chariot itself. The symbology is each of these is striking, keeping with the meaning of the card. The Princes of Disks (Pentacles), Cups, Swords and Wands have their chariots drawn by a bull, eagle, abstract human-like images and a lion respectively.

A new begnning with the Thoth deck

I possess six different Tarot decks but usually I end up engaging with either one of the classic Rider-Waite, the Sharman-Castelli, or the Mythic Tarot deck. I have had the Thoth deck for more than two years now, but have somehow not ventured into it so far. My friend who has been an inspiration for me to begin exploring the world of Tarot cards gifted me this deck. I have believed his word that it doesn't help to be purposive with the cards. You can't study them like you study for an exam. So for the past two years, I didn't get perturbed by the fact that I was still not using the Thoth deck. It would just 'happen' some day.
Aleister Crowley, the creator of this deck, has been described in different ways, each one more interesting than the other. One of these is “the wickedest man in the world!!” I fancy I have a far-fetched connection with this wicked man.
In 1905, he was a part of the expedition that attempted to climb Mt. Kangchenjunga. His fellow climber Alexis Pache and three sherpas were caught in an avalanche. Apprarently, Crowley remained sitting calmly in his tent, sipping tea. He later told a newspaper that, “"not over-anxious in the circumstances...to render help. A mountain accident of this sort is one of the things for which I have no sympathy whatever". Now, 73 years later, in 1988, I was a part of an Indian expedition to Kangchenjunga, and stayed for 17 days at the base camp, at a place known as Pache's grave. I have thus walked the same path up the mountain which Crowley did in 1905. So yes, the connection is far-fetched !
I have been wanting to begin my posts about specific cards from the Tarot. To write my first post related to a specific card here, I instinctively picked up the Thoth deck and drew a card for tomorrow. Its the Eight of Cups..... Crowley calls this card 'Indolence'.
So what is this card telling me?