Card 39 of 52 · Diamonds · King
King of Diamonds Playing Card Meaning
Diamonds speak of money, practical matters, news and travel; the King brings a man of authority, or the suit's power. Season: autumn.
Tarot counterpart: King of Pentacles
What the King of Diamonds Means
The King of Diamonds is the man of business: fair-haired in the old descriptions, powerful, shrewd, influential, a merchant, a banker, an employer. He can be generous and he can be hard, and which you get depends on what you bring him. He respects competence and results. As a quality, he is practical authority: the ability to make money and decisions. Drawn for a question, the King says a man of influence decides, or that the business-minded answer is the right one.
King of Diamonds in Love
A partner who provides and expects to be respected for it, or a man whose feelings are harder to read than his bank balance. If you are asking about a man, the King of Diamonds shows seriousness about the practical future more than about romance. Ask what he wants from life.
King of Diamonds in Work and Money
An employer, investor or senior figure with real power over the outcome. Bring numbers, not hopes. The King of Diamonds favours commerce, finance, management and anyone who can show results.
King of Diamonds as a Yes or No
Yes
Yes, on business terms. The King of Diamonds answers in favour of the practical case.
King of Diamonds as a Birth Card
Birthdays with the King of Diamonds as their playing-card birth card: 14 January, 12 February, 10 March, 8 April, 6 May, 4 June, 2 July.
Find any birthday's card on the cartomancy page, or your tarot birth card, a different calculation.
The Suit of Diamonds
Diamonds are the suit of the material world: money, property, contracts, news, journeys with a purpose, and the people who deal in them. A reading full of Diamonds says the matter is practical, and that the answer will arrive as something concrete: a message, a payment, an offer, a trip. The suit is neither kind nor cruel; it describes what is on the table. Old cartomancers gave the suit the autumn, the harvest season, and matched it with the Pentacles of the tarot.
The King in Every Suit
The King means a man of authority, or the suit's power; the suit decides where.
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What does the King of Diamonds mean?
The King of Diamonds is the man of business: fair-haired in the old descriptions, powerful, shrewd, influential, a merchant, a banker, an employer. He can be generous and he can be hard, and which you get depends on what you bring him. He respects competence and results. As a quality, he is practical authority: the ability to make money and decisions. Drawn for a question, the King says a man of influence decides, or that the business-minded answer is the right one.
What does the King of Diamonds mean in love?
A partner who provides and expects to be respected for it, or a man whose feelings are harder to read than his bank balance. If you are asking about a man, the King of Diamonds shows seriousness about the practical future more than about romance. Ask what he wants from life.
Is the King of Diamonds a yes or a no?
Yes. Yes, on business terms. The King of Diamonds answers in favour of the practical case.
Which tarot card is the King of Diamonds?
The King of Pentacles. Diamonds correspond to the tarot's Pentacles, and the King matches the King. The two cards share most of their meaning, though the tarot card carries a picture and a reversed reading that the playing card does not.
Whose birth card is the King of Diamonds?
In cardology the King of Diamonds is the birth card for 7 birthdays: 14 January, 12 February, 10 March, 8 April, 6 May, 4 June, 2 July. The rule is 55 minus twice the month minus the day, counted from the Ace of Hearts (1) to the King of Spades (52); the King of Diamonds is number 39.
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