Wands · Fire
King of Wandsfor Aries · Love and Relationships
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A king sits on a throne surveying his domain. Wands represent passion and the king card represents mastery and masculine energy. Typically the face cards represent a person/event (or a part of yourself embodied). Together this card means a a creative genius or visionary entrepreneur: they are passionate and quick to action as well as wise and demanding.
You have reached a level of success that allows you to guide others and execute on your passions/goals with authority (or are spending a lot of time with someone who has reached a high level of success/power). Romantically this can mean a more mature relationship built off of shared goals, or a bit of butting heads around things you are passionate about. This card signifies an entrepreneurial energy, you have started something important and are executing on it. Be honest and just with your power.
You have reached a high level of success/authority (or are interacting with someone that is high power). High power/authority has allowed for an entitled energy to bubble up. The demands being made are harsh and unreasonable and no one feels comfortable objecting. Perhaps this comes from a chip on the shoulder energy that got you to where you are, but is no longer serving you here. Investigate the roots of this overbearing energy and reign it into a healthy place.
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King of Wands for Aries in Love and Relationships
The Initiator
Wands are the fire suit, so the King of Wands sits in Aries. That makes this Aries's own card, so nothing in it is being read from the outside, and the flattering interpretation is the one to distrust. What it asks for is the thing Aries already believes it is good at: spend the energy on one thing today. Upright, this is the element used out in the world, at the cost of still feeling it.
When reading about relationships through an Aries lens, the King of Wands says that you feel like your person is the spark that tells you that you are alive, the mirror you look in to check if you are still winning (or losing), and something you can set on fire and rebuild constantly. This has either created a partnership where you both move fast and break things together, or left you chasing the feeling of the first three months with person after person. The thing you're not saying out loud is the thing that matters most. The Aries blind spot in it is the feeling that nothing you do makes any difference, that you are not the center of the story.
In practice that can look like chemistry arriving fast. Whatever form it takes, it is being decided by whoever holds the authority.
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