King of Swords Tarot Card Meaning and Art Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck
Designation
About the Deck
Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck
Created by the famous seer Etteilla, this deck features the tarot card meanings right on the card, which was a new innovation at the time.
Provenance
Jean Baptiste Alliette. France, 1788.
Tags
swords-14, king-of-swords, king, swords
Meaning of King of Swords from the Grand Etteilla Cartomancy Tarot Deck
Upright
Man of Law
Reversed
Wicked Man
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Dark bad man. A soldier, an enemy, or one to be mistrusted.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
A lawyer, senator, doctor.
Reversed
A bad man; also a caution to put an end to a ruinous lawsuit.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Great happiness. A journey. A voyage on business. A happy life.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A Lawyer, a Man of Law, Power, Command, Superiority, Authority
Reversed
A Wicked Man, Chagrin, Worry, Grief, Fear, Disturbance.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A widower, an unscrupulous lawyer, impossible as a friend and dangerous as an enemy
Reversed
the desire to work evil without the power.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
you will be drawn into difficulty on account of politics; but you will be so fortunate as to save the life of a person high in station, who will advance you, and you will become prosperous and renowned.
