The King of Wands | The Tarot’s Bridge Card

The King of Wands | Rider Waite Smith | Tarot Thrones
Last week I shared A E Waite’s thoughts on the King of Wands being the card that bridges the Major Arcana to the Minor Arcana. Β I could almost hear Waite’s derisive snort as he lowered himself to talk about the Minors. Β Well, his loss is our gain!
I thought today we could take a look and see just how powerful the King of Wands can be as a bridge card and came up with a little spread purely for his use.
First, procure yourΒ  deck’s King of Wands card.

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Meet The Wands

I always find it helpful to familiarise myself with the kingdom of a particular suit – looking at the countryside, the inhabitants of the cards, getting a handful of keywords together that best represent the suit….and then taking a look at the ruling family to see how these virtues and vices manifest in the various characters.

Today’s deck is the DruidCraft Tarot and when I look at the Wands in this deck, I see high summer. Β I see hilly landscapes, some of them verdant and some of them quite parched looking. I see victory, conflict, fires, distance, expansiveness, burden, defence, passion.

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Tarot Thrones | Angelina Jolie as the Queen of Wands
No need to Google, it’s Atelier Versace, darling

Here she is – the immaculate A-list movie star.

I *know*.  Look at her wrists and arms.

Thin.

That woman needs a box of Cadbury’s finest confectionary or at least a cople of packets of Tunnocks Caramel Wafers Fed-Exed to her immediately….

Aaaanyway…..

Let’s take a look at the many faces of our Angie…..

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Tarot Thrones | Angelina Jolie as the Queen of Wands
No need to Google, it’s Atelier Versace, darling

Here she is – the immaculate A-list movie star.

I *know*.  Look at her wrists and arms.

Thin.

That woman needs a box of Cadbury’s finest confectionary or at least a cople of packets of Tunnocks Caramel Wafers Fed-Exed to her immediately….

Aaaanyway…..

Let’s take a look at the many faces of our Angie…..

(more…)
Tarot Thrones | Angelina Jolie as the Queen of Wands
No need to Google, it’s Atelier Versace, darling

Here she is – the immaculate A-list movie star.

I *know*.  Look at her wrists and arms.

Thin.

That woman needs a box of Cadbury’s finest confectionary or at least a cople of packets of Tunnocks Caramel Wafers Fed-Exed to her immediately….

Aaaanyway…..

Let’s take a look at the many faces of our Angie…..

(more…)
Tarot Thrones | Angelina Jolie as the Queen of Wands
No need to Google, it’s Atelier Versace, darling

Here she is – the immaculate A-list movie star.

I *know*.  Look at her wrists and arms.

Thin.

That woman needs a box of Cadbury’s finest confectionary or at least a cople of packets of Tunnocks Caramel Wafers Fed-Exed to her immediately….

Aaaanyway…..

Let’s take a look at the many faces of our Angie…..

(more…)
By Alison Cross, ago