What does the King of Wands card mean in a Tarot Reading?

The King of Wands is an easy-to-understand card even for Tarot beginners. It denotes a well-deserved reward for a person who has achieved success solely thanks to his work, skill, diligence and professionalism.
The King of Wands is a mature and respected ruler. He is equally passionate and generous. This card is associated with strong business acumen, wise judgment, and financial prosperity. Drawing this card shows that you definitely have leadership qualities. You deserve the success you have achieved in life.

Activity. Dominance. Charisma. Optimism. Generosity. Promotion. Creation. Professionalism. Healthy competition. Impulsiveness. Unexpected income. Reflections. Arbitration. Negotiation.

Situation and Advice

You can get good advice from a strong, mature, and generous man. In a relationship, you are able to respect your partner’s point of view. There will be a chance to meet interesting people. You can successfully negotiate and present your point of view. However, if you are busy with routine tasks, you may be annoyed by the little things. If you’ve been asking about love relationships, get ready for a sexual adventure. In general, the King of Wands in the upright position is an auspicious card and can mean a successful marriage.

Persons designated by Upright King of Wands Tarot Сard

A decisive leader. The person in charge of the case. A devoted father or husband. A generous, loyal man of mature age who values ​​monogamous relationships and family life. A wonderful conversationalist. Reliable, albeit slightly impulsive business man, married and caring for his family. A reliable and honest professional. A person who can help you financially. Entrepreneur. An entrepreneurial man who starts many projects and takes responsibility for them. An optimistic, cheerful, passionate, generous person who does not like to go into details and tends to rush actions. Strong and brave lover. A person who knows how to competently negotiate. Someone who inspires others to be creative. Mediators. Arbitrators. Inspirational Speakers and Evangelists. Journalists. Teachers. Preachers. Players. Merchants. People who are involved in product promotion and marketing. Dark-haired men.

The Main Meanings of the Card In a Reversed Position

Key Words and Phrases

Powerfulness. Self-confidence. Ignorance. Deceit. The choice of detours. Dogmatism. Severity. Prejudice. Fanaticism. Inflexibility. Confrontation. Antagonism. Disagreement. Hot temper. Inconsistency. Aggression. Intransigence. Ruthlessness. Despotism. Insensitivity. Tyranny. Hypocrisy. Selfishness. Self-interest. Suspicion. Excessive power. Misogyny. Resistance to female power. Envy of the female womb. Do what I say, not what I do.

You also need to consider whether you have been overly authoritarian and insensitive towards others. You should beware of charlatans and their get-rich-quick projects. If everything is too good to be true, it may not be worth believing. The cards indicate to advice that should be followed.

Persons designated by the Reversed King of Wands Tarot Сard

A person who lies or doesn’t speak directly. Charlatan. Dogmatist. Suppressive person. Overconfident, stubborn and controlling person. A biased person who interferes with your plans or tries to involve you in completely opposite projects. Someone who doesn’t pay enough attention to the feelings of others. The one whose main goal is his own advancement. Selfish people. Not overly scrupulous TV preachers. Some sellers of used cars. A person who loves to argue and does not choose the means to achieve the goal. He is stubborn as a bull, and hates other people’s instructions.

In the Spreads

The King of Wands has the following main meaning: getting a good result, which is achieved through the work and efforts of a person. And often this is not even the final result. You can achieve an even higher level if you continue in the same spirit.
Also, Arcana can indicate a specific person who has such qualities as self-confidence, professionalism, intelligence, active striving for a goal.
The upright and the reversed King of Wands are similar in their interpretation. The only difference is in the motives for action. If the upright card is a person’s personal desire to go towards the goal, then the reversed Arcana indicates that the person is trying to do it for someone or something.

In an Upright Position

The King of Wands of the Tarot, in the upright orientation, personifies a mature man with position and power, energetic, adventurous, very direct and honest. He is a good leader and an experienced judge. In the latter capacity he can be involved in the life of the querent in order to resolve a dispute. The card also speaks of unexpected financial luck, probably inherited.
The Tarot card King of Wands is a man with wealth and status, friendly to the questioner and ready to help him with money or advice. He is honest, intelligent and conscientious. If it is a rival, then it is fair and generous. If a friend, then it is better to listen to his advice.
In the upright position, the King of Wands Tarot card indicates a wise and experienced man, a professional in his field, with great authority and financial stability. Most likely, this is a boss or an employee who is respected by the entire team.
The King of Wands of the Tarot says that a period of active action begins. Listen to your intuition and be confident in your abilities. Do not be afraid to make decisions, trust your ingenuity, take risks, do things, act. Personal success is guaranteed.
This card indicates that you are ready to go to great lengths for your goals. You are ready to leave your comfort zone to win. But to achieve your goals you have to work hard.

In a reversed position, the Tarot King of Wands has such qualities as intolerance, imperious severity, insecurity. He imposes his views and assessments on others, considering them to be the best, and does not take into account a different point of view. The card indicates an upcoming quarrel and recommends the querent to move away from it as soon as possible.
The reversed Tarot card King of Wands represents a man of authority and wealth, stern but fair. He will not stray from his path to help you, but he will not unnecessarily hinder you and will approve of the efforts you make to achieve your goal.
In a reversed position, the King of Wands is a man from the business environment of the querent, well-off and powerful. As a rule, we are talking about the boss, director or owner of the company. This is a tough, domineering, authoritarian person. He is adherent of strict rules, for whom there is only one point of view – his own.
The reversed King of Wands is a dangerous enemy or competitor, so if he fell out to you in the Tarot spread for a situation, the main task is not to conflict with him or (if the confrontation has already begun) to step aside in time. Otherwise, your clash with the King of Wands will reflect very badly on your career and financial situation.
If you draw the reversed King of Wands in the Tarot spread, then expect bad news about business, finance and other aspects related to career growth or goals. We must wait, it’s not time to act yet. Misuse of power leads to ineffective action.
The reversed King of Wands requires complete submission. If he stumbles upon resistance or refusal, he loses his temper. Ludicrous pathos, pretentious stupid demonstration of leadership, superiority, selfish rudeness. All this is due to self-doubt. He loses face due to stupid stubbornness and restless vanity. Often he is not reckoning with anyone or anything.
If this card does not represent a specific person, then you must work hard to achieve success, but the circumstances are generally favorable for you. You may not get help, but nothing and no one will try to stop you.
The reversed King of Wands is an attempt to get what you want in order to prove something to someone. This often leads to the manifestation of aggression, selfishness, overestimated self-esteem, ostentatious superiority, contemptuous attitude towards other people.
In a reversed position, the King of Wands speaks of ill-considered and delaying processes, as well as self-deception, indecision, carelessness in plans and actions.

If Arcana reveals the essence of relationships, then they can be called warm, sincere, worthy. If the King of Wands appears in fortune-telling as a card that determines the partner’s attitude to the querent, then it testifies that the relationship is wonderful, passionate, ardent, sincere. As a prospect for the upcoming marriage, the King of Wands is interpreted as its stability and durability.
In a Reversed Position:
Arcana means readiness for any action to conquer the partner, fiery powerful emotions. However, this is precisely the desire to conquer, but not to retain. Often, after receiving what he wants, the person becomes bored and he switches to another object of adoration.
In a reversed position, the King of Wands means a despot who poisons the lives of loved ones, and even if his demands are quite fair, it is quite difficult to withstand constant nagging, severity and restrictions on his part. The Arcana can express unbalance and unrestraint in a relationship, a strong quarrel and extreme tension, often a scandalous breakup.

The reversed King of Wands symbolizes a certain detachment from reality, an overestimation of one’s capabilities or an underestimation of difficulties, which occurs due to the fact that the person is overly arrogant, impatient and prone to conflicts.

In the Spreads for Health

In an Upright Position:
Good card in terms of health. Most often indicates an excellent state, both physical and psychological. However, there is a risk of overstrain, overwork.
Strong health or quick recovery. Sometimes it can mean pressure surges.
In a Reversed Position:
Warns of burnout or overwork, and for the sake of goals that the person himself does not really need.
The card indicates apathy, temporary disability.

At the same time, without prejudice to self-esteem, he can replace his wife in everyday life, if the need arises. He adores his wife and children and indulges them in every possible way. But do not underestimate him and rank him as henpecked. The wife of the King of Wands, like Caesar’s wife, must be inviolable. Woe to her if she abuses his trust. Divorce will follow immediately and there will be no chance of recovering the relationship.
By nature, regardless of gender, he is a person who considers the presence of common sense to be the most important in life. He is able to lucidly explain any task, to convince others of the need to do what is needed, and not what one wants. Generous, magnanimous, enjoys the well-deserved respect of those around him. Quick-tempered, but quick-witted. Ambitious and aspiring.

Type of person in a reversed position:

A freshly divorced middle-aged man. He does not want to be bound anew by family obligations. He wants to enjoy freedom. Regardless of gender, the person is passionate, immoderately generous, and gambling. The reversed King of Wands does not carry such a negative meaning as the Queen of the same suit. If it is necessary to defend, he can exceed self-defense, but he will not attack first.

Arcana’s warning

Don’t brag, don’t put yourself above others. Think clearly about your goals and go to what is right for you.

Final Advice of Arcana

Make every effort, act clearly, decisively. This is the path to success.

In an Upright Position:
Show sanity and discretion. Fulfill the obligations undertaken. Remember that no money can buy the trust of others.
In a Reversed Position:
Forget sanity and prudence. Sometimes you just need to allow yourself a little extravagance!

Conclusion

The King of Wands makes it clear that with a willingness to achieve what you want, with an active pursuit of a goal and a willingness to work, you will definitely be successful.
This card means a person with great willpower, a person who always achieves results. He believes that he is right, and other people naturally follow him.

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