The card image on the True Black King of Wands shows a man standing tall and proud, wearing a golden robe and a crown of golden peacock feathers, holding his staff of office in his right hand and raising his left hand in a gesture of power and greeting. He is stepping forward with confidence, eyes gazing directly at the viewer. The keywords for this card are commanding, inspiring, uniting, and creating.
The image on the King of Pentacles shows a ruler who is strong and sturdy. His clothes are embellished with gold coins, and above he's head are huge golden antlers also decorated with gold coins. He is leaning on a massive stone boulder, and holds a forging hammer in one hand with a large gold coin floating over the other hand. The keywords for this card are entrepreneur, forging, supportive, and successful.
The King of Wands is about status and honor that bring both personal achievement as well as contributions related to creativity, knowledge, and quality of life. This King is a charismatic commander who inspires others and rallies them to his cause, fearlessly leading his people into a prosperous future.
The King of Pentacles of this deck is reliable, sturdy and successful, and he is a master at playing the long game and planning ahead. His forging hammer symbolizes his ability to create his own opportunities, his own wealth. He is relaxed and confident enough to lean on that huge boulder, someone who can be depended on during difficult times.
Since we have two Kings today, let’s explore this rank a bit. The Kings sit at the top of the Pillar of Force on the Tree of Life, located in the sephira of Chokmah, representing the Sacred Masculine and the Catalyst of Life. Chokmah is seen as dynamic thrust, the Ultimate Positive, the Great Stimulator and the Great Fertilizer (one of the symbols of Chokmah is the penis. The energies of this sephira (and the rank of King) represent dynamic male (outer and active, not necessarily sexual maleness) energy and vital force.
Within Elemental Dignities, the Kings show us what happens when Air (the rank of King) is affected by Earth, Water, Fire and Air. The King of Wands displays Air (heat that separates and wet that adapts) as affected by Fire (heat that separates and dry that shapes). Air and Fire are both active and have heat that separates in common, which means they are friendly and supportive of each other. This King can be said to use the intellect to strengthen the Will by manifesting both passion and his personal ideals. Our King of Wands enjoys the creativity and enthusiasm that Fire brings and the rapidly and visibly increasing growth that is stimulated by this combination can be exciting for him.
The King of Pentacles displays Air (heat that separates and wet that adapts) as affected by Earth (cold that binds and dry that shapes, with nothing in common with Air). Air and Earth weaken each other; Air is active and does not like the heavy slowness of Earth and Earth is passive and does not like the restless and easily-moved Air. However, in good circumstances (such as the presence of two Kings), our King of Pentacles can use his resources, his wealth, and his health to stimulate growth and support physical manifestations, for the good of all.
In the end, these two Kings can be a powerful influence in my day. I do need to keep in mind that a bit of grounding might be a good thing, though.
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