King of Wands and King of Cups

Vision and steadiness. The King of Wands leads from the front and expects to be followed; the King of Cups is the calmest card in the deck, in command of feeling rather than ruled by it. The tradition reads the pair as ambition with an adult temperament beside it.

Associated with a relationship where one person drives and one keeps it even. Read as workable and as dependent on the second card holding.

The founder and the person who stops the founder. Frequently read for genuinely effective partnerships.

The King of Cups is not passive; he simply does not escalate. In this pairing he is the reason the ambition does not become a casualty list.