The Images of the Tarot Oracle in Psychic Readings

The King of Wands

Henry David Thoreau was a supreme King of Wands. Not content to beat the trodden path, and abhorring a life of "quiet desperation," he remarked that "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." An inspiration to Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., he was one of the world's first advocates of civil disobedience. Visiting Thoreau, in prison for opposing the Mexican-American War, Ralph Waldo Emerson asked, "What are you doing in there?" "What are you doing out there?" came the reply. The King of Wands is described as a charismatic and inspiring leader. He is bold, independent, undaunted, principled, confident, adventurous, daring, inventive, dependable, strong, forceful, determined, sexy and athletic. The appearance of the image of The King of Wands portends success and recognition in creative pursuits of all kinds; as an educator, and scholar; as an explorer of nature, the world, and the self. The image heralds the influence in one's life of a great exemplar and mentor.

Fresh out of law school, our client asked for our advice upon his appointment as clerk in the office of one of his state's Supreme Court justices. The appearance of the image of The King of Wands in a reversed position led us to convey a serious warning to our client. He was likely to encounter a cold and unfriendly man. It would not be wise to expect any degree of flexibility in the demands that he made on his subordinates. The man's haughty and dismissive attitude in his first meeting with our client was an easy confirmation of our less than favorable judgment. But having been prepared with a few "words to the wise" about the timely value of humility and deference, our client was able to make a great success of his assignment.