King of Swords
King of Swords — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.
Upright
reason, authority, principle
Decide this on the facts and the principle, not the feeling. Detached, fair and rather formal.
In a yes or no reading, King of Swords upright answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
Reversed
cold logic, misused authority, rigid
Reason without humanity, or rules quoted to win rather than to be fair.
In a yes or no reading, King of Swords reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.
What this card does in a reading here
A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. King of Swords can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.