King of Wands
Minor Arcana · Wands
Also known as: King of Staves, King of Rods
What the King of Wands means — upright and reversed, with keywords.
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What this card is
The king sits slightly turned in his throne, wand held upright, salamanders and lions worked into the stone and into his robe. He is the one who both sees the whole shape of a thing and can actually move people toward it. Where the queen radiates, he directs. His characteristic failing is impatience with anyone thinking more slowly than he does.
Upright meaning
KEYWORDS
directionthe decisionvision
Seeing the whole shape of a thing and being willing to move people toward it.
Reversed meaning
KEYWORDS
impatiencetalking over
Certainty delivered so fast it lands as dismissal, however right it is.
People also ask
- What does King of Wands mean?
- Keywords: direction, the decision, vision. Seeing the whole shape of a thing and being willing to move people toward it.
- What does King of Wands reversed mean?
- Reversed, the keywords shift to impatience, talking over. Certainty delivered so fast it lands as dismissal, however right it is.
- Is King of Wands a good card?
- Neither, and the question is worth resisting. Upright it speaks of direction; reversed, of impatience. The same card is encouraging in one spread and a warning in another — what decides it is the question you asked and the cards around it.
- Where does King of Wands sit in the deck?
- King of Wands belongs to Wands, the suit of energy, passion, and action. Its rank carries confident, outward authority in this domain. Suit tells you which part of life is speaking; rank tells you how far along it is.
- Which cards are read alongside King of Wands?
- The same rank in the other suits: King of Cups, King of Swords and King of Pentacles. Comparing them side by side is the quickest way to feel what the suit contributes and what the number contributes.King of CupsKing of SwordsKing of Pentacles