King of Wands :-
King of Wands :-
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Air : Fire of Fire : The Lord of the Flame and the Lightning, King of the Spirits of Fire
The physical and emotional nature to which this card is attributed is dark, ardent, lithe, animated, impassioned, noble. The King uplifts a flowering wand, and wears, like his three correspondences in the remaining suits, what is called a cap of maintenance beneath his crown. He connects with the symbol of the lion, which is emblazoned on the back of his throne.
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.
Additional meanings: Generally favourable; may signify a good marriage.
Reversed
Good, but severe; austere, yet tolerant.
Additional meanings: Advice that should be followed.
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.
Additional meanings: Generally favourable; may signify a good marriage.
Reversed
Good, but severe; austere, yet tolerant.
Additional meanings: Advice that should be followed.
The moral qualities appropriate to this figure are activity, generosity, fierceness, impetuosity, pride, impulsiveness, swiftness in unpredictable actions. If wrongly energized, he is evil-minded, cruel, bigoted and brutal.
He is in either case ill-fitted to carry on his action; he has no means of modifying it according to circumstances. If he fails in his first effort, he has no resource.
The King of Wands is an impetuous character.
He is in either case ill-fitted to carry on his action; he has no means of modifying it according to circumstances. If he fails in his first effort, he has no resource.
The King of Wands is an impetuous character.
The Lord of the Flame and the Lightning, King of the Spirits of Fire
He is active, generous, fierce, sudden and contemptuous. If ill-dignified he is evil-minded, cruel, bigoted, brutal.
He is active, generous, fierce, sudden and contemptuous. If ill-dignified he is evil-minded, cruel, bigoted, brutal.
Man living in the country,
Country Gentleman, Knowledge, Education.
Reversed
A naturally good but severe man, Counsel, Advice, Deliberation.
Country Gentleman, Knowledge, Education.
Reversed
A naturally good but severe man, Counsel, Advice, Deliberation.
Man of the Country, Good and Strict Man, Well-Intentioned Man, Honest Man, Conscientiousness, Integrity. Man Who Pursues Agriculture, Laborer, Farmer.
Reversed
Good and Severe Man. Leniency, Austerity, Tolerance, Condescension.
Reversed
Good and Severe Man. Leniency, Austerity, Tolerance, Condescension.
TRADITION
Country gentleman, man with good intentions and yet severe, honest and conscientious; may be a peasant or agriculturist. Eteilla calls him the father. Marriage, union.
CONCLUSION
A governor, director of business, high official, postmaster, solicitor, manager, independent trader, Secretary of State, and the principles or functions for which they stand. The house of Mars imparts austerity, security and generally initiative and honesty; in weak cases, there may be, however, some doubt with regard to his absolute integrity. He may be the authority, who concludes a union, viz. notary, clergyman or civil authority. In the church, he is the High Priest, in the lodge the Grand Master.
Country gentleman, man with good intentions and yet severe, honest and conscientious; may be a peasant or agriculturist. Eteilla calls him the father. Marriage, union.
CONCLUSION
A governor, director of business, high official, postmaster, solicitor, manager, independent trader, Secretary of State, and the principles or functions for which they stand. The house of Mars imparts austerity, security and generally initiative and honesty; in weak cases, there may be, however, some doubt with regard to his absolute integrity. He may be the authority, who concludes a union, viz. notary, clergyman or civil authority. In the church, he is the High Priest, in the lodge the Grand Master.