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Waite-Smith Tarot card: King of Wands
Illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith · 1909

King of Wands

The King sees the larger possibility and mobilizes others toward it. His fire is most effective when vision is matched by responsibility and personal example.

When the energy is open
  • vision
  • leadership
  • enterprise
  • mature charisma
When it enters shadow
  • arrogance
  • impulsive authority
  • domination
  • unrealistic vision
One symbolic doorway

The living staff

The wand is will carried by living fire. It asks where desire is becoming creation—and where fire is being scattered without form. The King directs the element outwardly and is measured by the world his mastery creates.

The question to carryWhat vision am I prepared to lead through example?