Court Cards
The king of pentacles
The King of Pentacles likely has a good job, is in control of their finances, their physical health, they have worked really hard and have a lot to show for it. They are very confident, but they have the experience to back it up. They are giving, and kind, wanting to guide others and shield them from their own mistakes. They are a very grounded person, who can see the big picture when it comes to the physical, material world. They are in complete control of pentacles, and all that represents earth within tarot. They have very masculine energy and they give advice whenever possible. Upside down they perceive themselves as being in control of their element but in truth they are not. They do their best to guide and heal others, trying to shield them from heartache but their advice falls short. They do not understand the material world and they are not someone you should look up to. They don’t see the big picture and likely think that you should do everything one way, their way. This person is stubborn, and not grounded. Usually harsh, and doesn’t understand how to lead. They still act as though they are the king, but their perception of themself is misguided.
The king of swords
The king of swords is a thoughtful, intelligent, analytical person who is in charge of their thoughts and ideas. They have strong masculine energy. They're the ones who are good at presenting and communicating their ideas and putting themselves on the track to success. The King of Swords is someone who's very analytical and objective, not someone who's necessarily swayed by emotions. They are wise, and intellectual, always wanting to guide others. They are in control of the symbol of swords, element of air, and they have learned to organize their chaotic thoughts. They understand how to give objective opinions whenever giving advise, and they strive to reach the logical conclusion to every situation. Upside down, the king is very anxious. He doesn’t understand reason, and communication. He might have brilliant, intelligent thoughts but he struggles to communicate those thoughts. He gives advise, and wants to guide, but his advise usually ends up being misguided. They think they know how everything works but they have failed to see the bigger picture, and they have over thought too many details.
The king of cups
The king of cups has found balance in their emotions. They understand that their emotions are like the ocean, sometimes storms rage, waves grow large and crash down onto the shore. They release their emotions and they don’t hold them in. Allowing themselves to cry, and grieve, but they don’t hurt others in the process. They express their joy and tend to wear their emotions on their sleeve, in a pure genuine way. They are the embodiment of the moon, flowing through phases of life and gracefully guiding others on their way. They are a healer, and an empath. Emotionally stable, and able to take on the sadness of others. They are easy to vent to, and they help you to control you’re feelings, worries, and anger. They are very kind, and they have a nurturing masculine energy. Their energy is soft, filled with sympathy and empathy, and they understand how to communicate their emotions to the world. Upside down the king is emotionally unstable. Unable to control their emotions. Taking out their emotions on others, and consumed by their grief. They seek to heal, comfort, and empathize, but they cannot take on anymore emotions. They are consumed by the storm of the sea, and their chalices spill out all over everything around them.
The king of wands
The king of wands is strong and fierce. They are in control of the element fire, symbolized by wands, demonstrated by the actions they take in life. They have a lot of strong masculine energy and they are very confident. They know exactly what they want, and they are very determined. There is a lot of intention within every action they make it life. They understand the reactions that come from their actions, and they grasp every aspect of cause and effect. They act impulsively but only because they are extremely motivated and sure of their destination. They are consumed by passion, and they aggressively pursue goals and aspirations. They give amazing advise, when it comes to goals, and choosing your path towards accomplishing your dreams. They are leaders, and they lead by example. Upside down they are impulsive, and reckless. They lead blindly, guided by their stubborn sense of over confidence. They are over passionate, and destructive. They tend to obsess, becoming compulsive and over persistent. They become arrogant and unable to control their actions leading to unpredictable, ugly reactions.
The Queen of Wands:
The queen of wands is the embodiment of fire. She is action, passion, lust, and rebellion. She is fire. Ferocious and strong, but also caring and warm. She can keep you warm during the cold winter, or burn your house down. She has a bit of a temper compared to the other queens, but with her temper she also is fiercely loyal and honest to those she cares for. To those she doesn't care for she can be harsh, sly, and stubborn. She is confident in herself and what she is, and she takes what she wants. She is a leader, a caring loving leader, who guides others, using unconditional love. She has huge expectations for herself, and enormous goals. She is always doing multiple things at once, and she is filled with motivation and desire. She is the warmth in other peoples lives and the fire that lights their flame. She motivates everyone she loves, and lifts them up, helping those around her to succeed. She nurtures everyone around her, bringing love, and passion back into their lives. She doesn’t usually do things the conventional way, she is fire and she burns through barriers in life, without much regard for the logical, or standard path. She has her own way of doing things and she feels very misunderstood. The queen of wands turns upside down when she feels defeated. She once was filled with passion, drive, motivation, and desire, but her fire has burned out. She can be very harsh, and she doesn’t have a strict moral code, which makes her feel alienated from others. She is very charismatic, but also feels socially unaccepted and misjudged, like no one can read her or connect with her. She has trouble getting very close with people. This causes the queen to sink into isolation and depression, losing all her motivation, sinking into a spiral of anxiety and self doubt.
The queen of swords:
The queen of swords is the embodiment of air, wisdom, analytics and deep knowledge. She is wise and always in thought. Quiet and only gives advise when asked. Her advise is always logical, it lacks emotion. She addresses the problems of the world with rational though and critical thinking. The queen of swords can be hard to understand and hard to get close to. She is typically introverted, and extremely intelligent. She is the master of her element, and she has gained the ability to understand her own mind. She tends to see the world as a logic based mathematical system, where solutions to problems can be deduced using logic and reasoning. She isn’t very good with irrational emotion and sometimes that is her fault when giving advice. She lacks the ability to understand metaphorical concepts and subjective ideas. She is always there for others and prides herself on her ability to teach and help others understand the universe. She wants to help and tends to feel her best when she is teaching. She is radiant feminine energy but that does not mean she always represents a female in your life. Men can also have very feminine energy. Upside down she tends to over think everything. She is consumed by anxiety and fear. She loses sight of logic and reasoning. She loses her connection to her emotions and her ability to express herself. She longs to help others but her advise is clouded and tainted by anxiety and fear. The queen of cups commonly turns upside down when her world is collapsed by luck and misfortune that doesn’t make any logical sense.
The Queen of Cups:
The queen of cups is in complete control of her emotions. She is the representation of water. She has known happiness, sadness, and everything in between. She has experienced emotions throughout her life, like a tide that cascades in and out of sea. She accepts that emotions are part of life, and she is quick to aid others whose emotions are unstable and those who struggle with the pain and grief and even the happiness. The card is usually blue, like the emotional healing the Queen can provide. It is blue like calm cool of the ocean and sky, and you can rest easy in the arms of a Queen of Cups because she's tread those waters before. She emanates empathy in a way the King cannot, and sees all the emotional paths laid out before her to help guide you along the one that works best for you. She is fluid like water, ever changing to fit the person and the situation. The queen of cups is often shown comforting someone experiencing grief and sorrow. Upside down, she can't control her own emotions, either because of the baggage of others or the heaviness weighing down her own heart due to personal issues. She wants so badly to help others, but even that takes an emotional toil to an extent. She's emotionally unstable and unable to separate her own emotions from those she tries to help, which hurts herself and those around her. The queen of cups always has to be very careful not to let the emotions of others dwell inside her for too long. She takes the pain away from so many people, it’s easy to let that pain consume you.
The queen of pentacles:
She is the earth. She is the sky and the ground and the flowers. She is fertility. Not just human fertility but the fertility of all things, plants flowers, trees, animals, bugs. She is the circle of life. Remember in wicca, we value the balance of masculine and feminine energy. The queen isn’t necessarily a woman, she is just the embodiment of feminine energy. The queen of pentacles understands everything in the martial world. She has experience when it comes to money, finances, school, jobs, worldly and earthly things. She is the master of empathy and love. She is a caregiver. She radiates energy that makes you want to come to her for advise. You should follow the queen and let her guide you. When she is upside down she thinks that she understands how the world works, she thinks she has experience in the material world. But she doesn’t. She is misguided and cocky. She is stubborn and unable to empathize. She becomes arrogant and looses the beautiful, humble, empathetic way that she guides people. Which makes her lose herself and she can’t get a handle on her own life. She tries too hard to help others when she can’t even help herself. Right side up she becomes the master and the teacher of the physical world. She is able to see the big picture and guide others down the path of life. She can see every path, and find the best path through the physical world.
Knight of wands:
The knight of wands is someone who is always wearing a mask. Filled with fire, passion and dedication, they have chameleon like actions when around different groups of people. Consumed by insecurities, they typically do things because they want to be accepted, and loved. The knight has a lot of their own hobbies and opinions, but they feel disconnected from other people, and most of their actions, when they are around other people, are very performative. The knight tends to be very self conscious and aware of their actions, choosing how to act very carefully, mimicking the behavior of others. When right side up the knight isn’t doing any of this with ill intent. They are only behaving this way due to their own insecurities. Most people have been a right side up knight at one point in their life. When the knight is displayed upside down they become slightly threatening. Their actions are meant to hurt you and manipulate you. Their mask is meant to exploit you, and they aren’t trustworthy.
Knight of cups:
The knight of cups is emotionally distant. They don’t feel comfortable showing their true emotions around others, and they tend to hide behind an emotional mask. The knight of cups is able to flow, and transform, like water, effortlessly phasing through multiple states of mind. Overwhelmed by the feeling that people don’t like hearing about their real emotions, the knight practices dissimulating his feelings. When the knight of cups is right side up, they tend to put aside their own emotions, valuing the happiness of others more than their own. They feel insecure and misunderstood when it comes to their own emotions, and they tend to hate the way that they emotionally deal with situations in life. They tend to mask their insecurities very well and their advise can be tainted, because of its disingenuous nature. When upside down the knight is masking their emotions with malicious intent. They manipulate you using their emotions and feed off of your sympathy. They are lying and creating a false sense of trust using emotional manipulation.
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