Minor Arcana · Wands
King of Wands Tarot Card Meaning
- leadership
- vision
- entrepreneurship
- honor
King of Wands upright
The King of Wands is visionary leadership. You can see the horizon and have earned the right to point others toward it. Lead with clarity and warmth; followers come where a fire is kept well.
King of Wands reversed
Reversed, the King of Wands marks a leader pushing too hard, or a vision imposed where invitation was needed. Lead from fire, not from fury.
How to read King of Wands
King of Wands belongs to the suit of Wands. The suit of fire: energy, creativity, ambition and the spark that gets things started.
Kings have mastered the suit's energy and lead with it.
Upright, let its keywords guide the reading: leadership, vision, entrepreneurship, and honor.
Reversed, the same themes are usually blocked, delayed or turned inward. Read the reversed meaning above with that in mind.
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