King of Swords
The King of Swords represents a commanding, intellectual figure who values control, calmness, and impartiality. He embodies rationality, severe straightforwardness, and the ability to give the right answers and to lead. This card emphasizes education, high professional skill, initiative, and leadership qualities. Reversed, it warns of hardness, cynicism, and unfairness that undermine ethical prudence.
Keywords
Card Name
King of Swords
Keyword
CONTROL
Description
This card depicts someone who occupies a high position in society. Striving for domination, calmness, non-emotionality, impartiality. Coolness in any situation, severity, straightforwardness. Ability to give the right answers, to lead. Education, high level of professional skills, initiative, leadership qualities.
Upright
rationality, ethical, prudence
Reverse
hardness, cynicism, unfairness
Visual Description
An older bearded king sits on a carved stone throne in a snowy landscape, wearing a chainmail hauberk and a helmet with a nasal. He holds a long upright sword in one hand and a staff or sceptre in the other; a striped cloak with yellow tassels drapes over his shoulder. His garments are blue and grey with ornate patterned trim and golden-decorated boots, and snowflakes fall around him.
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