Here I am coming up twice in the same reading. First as the King of Cups and second as the King of Swords. How could I change so dramatically from what I was like in the not so terribly distant past to where I am sitting today? Take 3 guesses amd the first two don't count.

King of Cups

Call him "The Godfather". A kinder, gentler, more loving man you'll never meet. His "kingdom" is his family, and his one dream is to be sitting at the head of a huge table filled with kin, kids, grand kids, serving up food to them all. His family comes first; for them he'll work, sacrifice, do just about anything; and, yes, like the "Godfather" he will consider doing terrible things to you if you cause grief to any member of that family.

More likely to be a chef, bookstore owner, museum curator, decorator or restorer than a Godfather, this King is a historian, an old fashioned man with quaint, old fashioned ideas. He'll motivate the neighborhood to restore old buildings, to be more friendly, neighborly and polite. Very like the Queen of Cups, however, he's too soft and sentimental. No matter how prodigal the son, this father will always bail the kid out. About his family, it is almost impossible to make him see reason.

 

King of Swords

Call him "The Judge". His kingdom is the kingdom of high ideals. Loving, friendly, but distant, the one thing everyone says about this man is "He's Fair." Likely a lawyer, judge, musician, politician or designer, he is a patient, careful man, with very high ideals. Here is a man of eloquence, so good with words and debate that he can easily see the other side of every argument. This does not keep him from his own strong beliefs, beliefs which he expects his family and friends to adhere to. Not that he isn't a good father; he can be kind, playful, a loving and faithful husband. He treats his wife and kids fairly, hearing them out, acknowledging when they are right. But if he is against child labor, and won't wear certain shoes to protest it, no one in his family can wear those shoes either. And he'll be bitterly disappointed in them if they do. Unlike the King of Cups, this King does not put "Family first, right or wrong." Ideals come first, and he can be unforgiving of the family member who is weak or more "human" than he. He is willing to go on hunger strikes, fight or die for these high minded ideals. He will not budge when it comes to upholding them, not even for his nearest and dearest.

 

Interesting that I would have said 5 months ago that I was the King of Cups only. Now I do not feel like the King of Cups any longer. For the last 3 months or so I have felt like the King of Swords.

So do you want to know how strongly I feel about my family doing things I find reprehensible? Strong enough to turn their asses over to the karma police and let them be judged accordingly for their actions, that's for sure. Strong enough that I am willing to let them go out of my life forever.

You do not want to know what the end result card was for this reading. At least not if you are the two members of my exiled family anyway. I'll put it this way. It will/is making me very happy. The reason I like my readings is, I am so very seldom wrong.