The King of Swords should be a welcome card,\nbut the reversed version should make you wary. This is an intensely personal\nmessage and one that needs immediate attention because letting the\ncircumstances remain as is could lead to a fatal error – not a physically fatal\none, but one that leads to the end of a job, relationship, opportunity, or\nother situation. Like single-edge swords, the King of Swords reversed has a\nblunt side and a dangerous side, and you need to navigate carefully to ensure\nno one gets hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each suit in the tarot represents an aspect or\nelement that describes the overall energy of the suit. Wands are action and\nfire, Cups are emotions and water, Pentacles are effort and earth, and Swords\nare thought and air. The Swords represent logic, editing and review, thoughts,\nfairness, and clarity. They don’t represent a lack of emotion but rather the\nability to remove emotions from the decision-making process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Kings are the leaders of each suit,\ninspiring and powerful people who are usually older males but who can be female\nif the situation calls for it. Think of the CEO of a company who is female, or\nthe matriarch of a family who guides its overall interactions and decisions.\nThose two women could easily be represented as kings and not queens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, the King of Swords is a logical leader who\nputs thought into decisions and who relies on knowledge to guide those\ndecisions. The King of Swords is not an unemotional person, and other Kings in\nthe tarot use logic, too. But thoughts and impartial logic are the keys for\nthis King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The King of Swords reversed gets kind of\nnasty. At its most basic interpretation, it can be someone using too much logic\nor not enough. Someone who is too logical and who sticks to the rules too\nclosely – and who doesn’t take extenuating circumstances into account – can do\nsome real damage. They can deliberate for too long and miss an opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is also true of someone who doesn’t think\nthings through enough and who is too reckless. They could make biased decisions\nor create a lot of problems for other people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you want a good example of the King of\nSwords and the King of Swords reversed in this aspect, turn on your TV. The\nKing of Swords upright is best represented by – this shouldn’t be a surprise –\nMr. Spock from Star Trek: The Original\nSeries<\/em>. Fair, overtly logical, but also aware that sometimes logic doesn’t\napply. He’s willing to look at non-logical answers if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The King of Swords reversed, however, is best\nrepresented by both Chidi and Jason from The\nGood Place<\/em>. Think of Chidi’s devotion to ethics and and his absolute\ninability to make a decision, to the point of creating a little pocket of hell\nfor everyone around him. He’s the King of Swords reversed who uses too much\nlogic and deliberates without end. Jason is the King of Swords reversed who\ndoesn’t think at all and who recklessly follows his impulses without control or\ncaution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The King of Swords reversed can also be less\nabout logic and more about tyranny. The King of Swords is a fair person. He\nknows the law is there to keep order and also that each case has to be looked\nat in its own light. But reversed, this tarot card is about arrogance, unfairness,\nand disastrous treatment. This is a manipulative person who is calculating and\nwho is either a know-it-all or someone who can gaslight you with just a couple\nof sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The direct imagery of weaponry in this suit\nmeans the Swords often represent the military. That brings up the idea of a\ndictator or someone who acts that way, even if they don’t actually lead anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On a less dangerous note, a reversed King can\nalways indicate someone who either isn’t leading well or who isn’t getting the\nrespect he or she deserves. That’s a bit of a relief after all the\ndictator-talk, but it’s still not a desirable situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can see that this is not a card to ignore.\nBut the question now is, who or what does the card represent? It could be you.\nAre you being indecisive or insisting you have everything go your way, to the\npoint of hurting someone or excluding people who shouldn’t be excluded? Are you\ndetermined to make other people do what you want?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another possibility is that the King of Swords\nreversed represents an organization that you’re involved in, such as your\nemployer. Maybe the company is good to you, but does the company have policies\nthat hurt the public?<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the card shows up in an other-person\nposition, like the second card from the bottom of the staff in the Celtic\nCross, that’s a pretty good indication that someone else is involved. The\ninterpretation becomes cloudier if the card is in an outcome spot, however; you\ndon’t know who or what is leading the situation to that end, so you need to do\nsome serious investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And be aware of one more frustrating\npossibility. Maybe your situation will go swimmingly, but there will be an\nunintended consequence that isn’t fair to someone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It’s always helpful to have a professional\nreading after getting a card like this, especially if you’re having trouble\nfiguring out who’s who. Many professional readers don’t want to know the\nquestion before they see the spread, so don’t be surprised if your reader tells\nyou not to say anything yet. But once the cards are out and you’ve gotten that\ninitial reading, then you might be able to figure out who is messing up the\nlogic and fairness of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Panic won’t help, by the way. Don’t let the\nthought of unintended consequences or a manipulative person make you act\nrecklessly yourself. But do start looking at the situation, your behavior, and\nthe behavior of others around you to get a better sense of what’s happening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The King of Swords should be a welcome card, but the reversed version should make you wary. This is an intensely personal message and one that needs immediate attention because letting the circumstances remain as is could lead to a fatal error – not a physically fatal one, but one that leads to the end …<\/p>\nBeyond\nLogic<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
It’s\nPossibly You<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n