The Kings: Tarot Card Meanings

This is Video 4 out of 17 in an educational series on the tarot cards. Closed captioning is provided for all videos in this series. Four different systems of the tarot will be showcased: the Tarot de Marseilles (TdM), the Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS), the Thoth, and my own self-published deck, the Spirit Keeper’s Tarot (SKT). Course description page: https://wp.me/p32or0-4n4 Companion blog post on the Kings (TdM/RWS) and Knights (Thoth): https://wp.me/p32or0-4pu If you would rather read the transcript (which is accompanied by illustrations, photographs, and figures to reinforce the text), then click on the companion blog post to download the transcript PDF and read this installment of the series instead of watching the video. For a video summary of Tarot of the Bohemians (1889) by Papus:    • Tarot of the Bohemians (1889), Condensed [...   For an explanation of decan rulers and the tarot, watch “The Tarot Keys of Your Birthday (Tarot and Astrology, 1941):    • The Tarot Keys of Your Birthday (Tarot and...   Decks Pictured: Tarot de Nicolas Conver (Marseilles 1760, France) derivative based on public domain images of the Conver deck; Scans of the “Pam A” Rider Tarot Deck (1910), the original Rider-Waite-Smith; Thoth Tarot Deck (or “The Book of Thoth”) by Aleister Crowley (U.S. Games Systems, Premier Edition, 2005; first published by Ordo Templi Orientis, 1969); B.O.T.A Tarot Deck, illustrated by Jessie Burns Parke under the direction of Paul Foster Case; Spirit Keeper’s Tarot (Vitruvian Edition, 2019) created and illustrated by Benebell Wen. Books Referenced for the Card Meanings: The Tarot (1888) by MacGregor Mathers; The Tarot of the Bohemians (1892) by Papus; The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911) by A. E. Waite; Tarot of the Magicians (1927) by Oswald Wirth; The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages (1947) by Paul Foster Case; Mastering the Tarot (Penguin Group, 1971) by Eden Gray; Holistic Tarot (North Atlantic Books, 2015) by Benebell Wen; Medium White Book for the Spirit Keeper’s Tarot; Book of Maps (companion guidebook for the SKT). SKT: Learn more about the Empyrean Courts,    • Tarot Empyrean Court Cards Overview | Part 4   Drawing My Own Tarot Deck: Ruminations on the Court Cards, https://benebellwen.com/2018/07/20/dr... BENEBELL WEN Website. http://www.benebellwen.com Twitter.   / tarotanalysis   Instagram.   / bellwen