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Minor Arcana · Suit of Wands · Court card
King of Wands
King · Wands
A card that falls upside down is read reversed.
Key words
↑ UprightVisionary leadershipHonestyTaking charge
↓ ReversedSeverityOverbearing driveAustere standards
What it means
↑ Upright
Lions on the throne behind him and a flowering staff in hand, he is ardent, honest and sure of his direction. He may be someone you know who leads by vision and keeps his word, or a role to step into: taking charge of the enterprise and setting its course. Say plainly what you intend, and let others see your reasons.
↓ Reversed
Strength hardened into strictness — good, as Waite puts it, but severe. Seen in someone else, a leader with high standards and little patience for those who fall short; seen in yourself, a drive that overrides the people it depends on. Keep the standard and loosen the grip: explain before you insist, and allow a different route to the same end.
What's on the card
The king holds a flowering staff, and beneath his crown he wears a cap of state, which Waite calls a cap of maintenance. The back of his throne is carved with lions and salamanders, a live salamander rests at his feet, and those on his robe bite their own tails, closing circles often read as drive without end. Together they make him the suit's fire fully grown: vision with the authority to direct it.
Waite's meaning, 1910
Upright
Dark man, friendly, countryman, generally married, honest and conscientious. The card always signifies honesty, and may mean news concerning an unexpected heritage to fall in before very long.
Reversed
Good, but severe; austere, yet tolerant.
A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), Part III.