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"Three of a kind" The very first thing that is immediately apparent is that all cards are masculine: we have the King of Wands, the King of Swords and the Emperor. Very interesting! Another thing that is quite immediate as a commonality between the cards, and that is the Sephira Tiphareth. This resembles the centre of the Tree of Life and so you could say that Kings in Tarot do heavy duty stuff – in the sense that they pull from all areas of the Tree of Life and have a great deal of responsibility to shoulder also. Inherently, it means that they show the crux of the matter and also, teach you how to occupy a place of transcendence over the mundane, most notably through means of influence and self-agency. The other two cards are Convention, which realises venus in the 10th House, or in Capricorn and Contrition, associated with Pluto and the letter Samekh. Here too, the theme of hierarchy and agency come about in various ways. As well that of professionalism and accountability....