King of Wands Upright: Honest Leadership
The upright King of Wands may represent an elderly, experienced man of authority. He is a willful, influential leader whose character shows honesty, justice, generosity, and kindness.
King of Wands Reversed: Cruelty and Intolerance
The reversed King of Wands may represent an elderly, experienced man whose authority carries cruelty or intolerance. These traits may help identify someone involved in the querent’s challenge.
In psychological Tarot readings, the court cards represent people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The King of Wands may represent an elderly and experienced, willful man of authority, a leader: honest, influential, just or cruel, generous or intolerant, kind or cruel.
About the Court Cards
The four levels of human expression apply to the court cards, too. Wand court cards portray willful people with strong intent and/or a spiritual inclination. Cup court cards represent creative, passionate, and romantic people with cultivated feelings. Sword court cards illustrate intelligent, discerning, and analytical people. Pentacle court cards personify practical, down-to-earth, realistic people.
Each Enlightenment Tarot court card displays a set of human character traits to ease the recognition of the people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The court cards correspond to the four astrological quarters:
Wands/fire: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius
Cups/water: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
Swords/air: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
Pentacles/earth: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
The querent may identify the people involved in her challenge by considering their sun sign. But she needs to take this with a grain of salt, since the ascendant and the Chinese signs play a role, too.
Explore all 78 cards and their meanings in the Tarot Map.