Notes on: The King of Wands
(Rule of Chance)
Artist’s Notes:
It’s not so much that this King inspires as it is that he is the very force of inspiration itself. When we hear a line in a speech that changes our whole way of viewing things we feel his touch. His is the chaotic life-changing influence that hits and transforms us and then leaves us to either run with it or grind to a halt. He himself is onto other things.
It is a chaotic spark yet exactly what we need when we find ourselves stuck without purpose.
About the Archetype:
The suite of Wands deals with force-creative, spiritual, and vital and is associated with the element of Fire.
Kings are the leaders, the shakers, the initiatory force or person that gets things moving and are associated with the element of Fire.
The King of Wands is someone who will gladly sweep you along in his path. He will pull you along on adventure after adventure and after you encounter him you will see life in a totally different way. He is a leader and wants everyone to come along on his journey. You may easily find yourself consumed by his intensity. He may not follow the adventure through to the end or want to stick around very long before beginning a new endeavour. His inspiration is likely to be in the area of spirituality, teaching, challenging and infuriating those he encounters with both his brilliant insights and his brutal putdowns of those with whom he disagrees. At his worst, the King of Wands can be quite intolerant of the views of others with a cruel and bigoted streak. Despite these tendencies tho, the King of Wands is difficult to dislike as we all tend to be drawn towards his bright flame.
He has amazing ideas even if he hasn’t laid the groundwork for them and lacks the steadfastness to follow them through to the end. Given the intellectual bent that this artist gives him, his inspirations may ‘work on paper’ but not quite as well when it comes to outside reality. He will be on to something else fast enough.
Astrological Correspondence:
21° Scorpio – 20° Sagittarius Elemental: Fire of Fire
The Court cards according to the Golden Dawn among other sources have a corresponding influence that goes from the third decan of one sign through the second decan of the next.
Thus the King of Wands has a Scorpio influence that gives him his strong will and generous and caring nature that tempers his Sagittarius love of adventure and impetuosity.
The King of Wands therefore will care deeply about whatever adventure he is currently engaged in and then in a lightning flash will switch to another endeavour of which he is equally passionate
In a Reading:
Quite often when the King of Wands shows up in a reading, it refers to someone who is very creative and intense and who carries us along in his (or her) wake. It may also mean that these are qualities that we need to find within ourselves during this period of our lives. This energy is visionary and conceptual rather than detail-oriented. If this refers to a person in our lives, it may be someone who is expecting us to take care of the details while they do the creative work.
When the King of Wands shows up reversed or badly spect, we may be encountering someone who cannot see beyond their own vision. They may be selfish, greedy, bad-tempered and bigoted not wishing to either share credit or see value in the ideas of others. It may also mean that we have temporarily lost sight of our objectives and are not listening to others.
–GAR
Fate’s Whisper:
Some would say the chaos bows to no being. While this is only half true the other half is just as scary. All that is chaos is born to hoot, holler, bow, and sneer at the being that gave birth to it. Completely unhinged and mad by nature his only concern is if it is functional. Societies have fallen by the absurd success of the ideas he has inspired. The purest for chaos can take he rules under many names but most notable by his siblings he is simply the Tiger.
The spark of life for us is a flame of life for him to ignite the world around him. Nothing functions as it should around him as he pops around. the laws of casualty fall to ruin in his presence as he shows that passion unbridled is a great thing harness to control your reality.
When you see this card it means to burn with all your might. Take your passion and grasp what you want to happen. Create the change that you desire regardless of how others feel. and those who survive the fires and ruins… well they are worth keeping. So burn while it lasts it won’t be long.
–NF