King of SwordsThe Golden Dawn Tarot Tarot Meaning
Number: King of Swords · Arcana: Minor Arcana — Swords
- king
- swords
Upright meaning
Active and clever, genuinely fierce yet delicate — real courage and skill, though with a real inclination to take charge.
Reversals in this deck
The Golden Dawn's own system never reversed cards — a card's "ill-dignified" reading came from the neighboring cards in the spread, and the order's instructions say a drawn card's orientation must not be altered. Every card here is read upright.
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