King of Wands
King of Wands
Number 14 Fire king
A wands card: drive, work, and what you are building.
Upright
visionleadershipboldness that deliversauthority
The person who sees the whole thing and can also get it built. The King of Wands is mature fire: vision with follow-through, leadership that people actually want to work for. As advice, it says take charge of this rather than waiting to be asked.
Reversed
arrogancedomineeringa vision with no plan
Authority without the substance under it. Reversed, this is a leader who is all conviction and no detail, someone impossible to disagree with, or a plan sold considerably harder than it was worked out.
What is in the picture
A king on a throne carved with lions and salamanders, staff in hand, half turned as though already getting up.
What it says about…
The line a reading leads with, depending on what you said you were asking about.
A bit of everything
Upright: take charge of this. You can see further than the people waiting.
Reversed: somebody is leading on conviction alone. Possibly you.
Love and relationships
Upright: someone certain, generous and direct about what they want.
Reversed: a person who has to win the conversation.
Work and direction
Upright: lead it. You have both the picture and the means.
Reversed: big talk with no operating plan underneath.
Money and security
Upright: a confident move, properly costed.
Reversed: a venture sold to you on vision.
Me, honestly
Upright: you are more capable of running this than you are acting.
Reversed: certainty is not the same as being right. Check.
A decision I am stuck on
Upright: yes, decisively, and own the consequences.
Reversed: you are being pushed by someone else's certainty.
If this card leads
Take charge instead of waiting to be handed it.
As a yes or no
Upright, it reads as yes. Reversed, no.
“I can be the one who decides.”
Draw it in a reading
The meaning above, applied to something you are actually asking about.
