King of Wands
The King of Wands embodies bold, visionary leadership, courage, and the drive to initiate and be seen taking action. Upright, he encourages you to lead ventures, rally others with clear purpose, and translate inspiration into sustained momentum while remembering to delegate and contain your fire. Reversed, his energy can become impatience, domineering behavior, reckless risk-taking, or burnout, signaling a need to simplify, listen, and steady your passion. When will is aligned with wisdom, the wand becomes a beacon of ethical, effective leadership rather than an out-of-control torch.
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Visual Description
A crowned king with long red hair stands amid towering sunflowers beneath a vivid orange sky. He wears a red cloak over an ornate tunic studded with plaques showing flame symbols, and he holds an upright carved wooden wand with both hands. Intricate patterns ring his collar and cuffs, and bands of metal and knotwork encircle the wand's head. Dense leaves and sunflower heads fill the background, with bright blossoms framing the foreground.
Meaning
Fire braids through his cloak and the sunflowers turn their faces toward him like subjects to a sun-king, evoking the Slavic Dazhbog archetype of radiant command. This card speaks of leadership that burns bright: vision, initiative, and the courage to take the first step and to be seen doing it. Upright, the King of Wands urges you to captain the venture, rally people with a clear purpose, and set the pace with bold, ethical action. He favors entrepreneurship, public roles, teaching by example, and turning inspiration into momentum. He also reminds you to delegate and keep the flame contained so it warms, not scorches. Reversed, the same heat can flare into impatience, domineering behavior, reckless risks, or showy promises that outrun substance. It can signal burnout, scattered projects, or a leader who confuses control with direction. The remedy is to steady your fire: simplify, listen, and let passion illuminate rather than blind. When you align will with wisdom, the staff in your hands becomes a beacon rather than a torch out of control.
Slavic Legends Tarot
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