King of Wands

upright — what she sees

the fire belongs to her. she gives it carefully. drawn upright, king of wands speaks of vision, leadership, the long flame. she reads it as a turning toward the thing, not away from it — the long flame made plain.

reversed — what she withholds

you're not warming the room. you're burning it down. reversed, the card turns inward — tyrant, scorched earth. not a curse. a closed door you keep your own hand on.

in a spread

in the daily veil, king of wands is the day's temperature — upright it asks you to lean in, reversed it asks what you're bracing against. in a three-card line it colours past, present, or the thing approaching. draw it yourself and she'll read it for you, in your own words.

near it in the deck