King of Swords
The King of Swords signifies mental clarity and level-headed decision-making merged with compassionate intelligence. This card represents a figure who is firm, stable, secure, and connects with the outside world to inform his decisions. While it emphasizes the importance of keeping emotions in check, it highlights the need for a balance between intellect and compassion in judgment and advocacy.
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Personal Interpretation
The King of Swords is a tricky card that I often butt heads with. You know how a certain kind of person (usually a heterosexual, usually cisgender, usually a man) always wants to debate you, and then touts his intellectual superiority when the topic at hand does not emotionally affect him? Ignorant of the fact that being emotionally affected may mean that the person he is debating is actually better versed and more intimately familiar with the issue at hand?
Desired Energy
That's exactly the kind of energy I wanted to avoid in my King of Swords, while also focusing on the aspects of the card that deal with mental clarity, level-headed decision making and compassionate intelligence. I wanted my king to be younger than the ones I've drawn before, because age does not always guarantee experience or wisdom. I also wanted him to appear firmly rooted, stable and secure. So even though he is outdoors, as an active man who connects with the outside world and takes it in in order to inform his mind, his throne stands heavy and touched with age behind him, a foundation from which he rules. His sword also points downward instead of skyward like in so many representations, its tip touching the soil—he is rooted to his foundation. The winds that swept across the landscape in all the other Sword court cards have calmed in the face of his self-possessed demeanor.
Objectivity with Compassion
While it can be very beneficial to keep emotions in check and your head clear, true objectivity is nigh on impossible, and cold intelligence amounts to little without compassion. So, to me, the King of Swords must be an impartial judge guided by both his mind and his heart. He must be an advocate who uses his striking power judiciously. The gifts of his mind are valuable and unique within the suit and must be used wisely.
Fyodor Pavlov tarot
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