Thanks for the info on leopards. I didn't get into that at all. Just assumed it's as good a fiery animal as any other cat. It certainly matches the colors of the card!
Here's my IDS:
Queen of Wands
Water of Fire
Mostly cardinal fire = Aries
This queen is even more imposing/intimidating than the Queen of Swords. That’s probably because she’s more stylized. It’s hard to see her as someone you might know or meet. Plus she’s so high above us looking down. And her wand is huge! There’s not much in the way of water here. Her upper body is armored. Her hair looks just like the flames which seem to engulf the rest of her body. She has a fiery cape, like the knight. She touches an angry leopard at her feet.
Snuffin points out that her wand is a thyrsus, a pinecone wand of Bacchus, which was carried by the maenads, women driven mad with lusty spiritual ardor who had the unfortunate habit of tearing men apart who mistakenly stumbled into their mad rites. So she’s got that going for her.
Crowley’s description isn’t much better: impatient, brooding, savage, stupid, obstinate, tyrannical, self-complacent vanity, and snobbery. Fickle, disloyal, melancholy, and, my favorite, liable to panic-stricken outbursts of ill-considered fury.
Ok, there are some good attributes, too: adaptability, persistent energy, calm authority. Immense capacity for friendship and love, but always on her own terms.
Most of these seem to be Aries attributes. I don’t see the water here, unless it’s adaptability and persistence.
I Ching hexagram is 17, Following, Lake over Thunder. The general idea is that obstacles can be a good impetus to achieve something. And that making a choice necessarily precludes the other options. I get the feeling the Queen of Wands has no trouble getting to work to clear an obstacle or in making a choice. She will make a choice and defend it no matter what.
In a reading: You or a person involved is full of energy, determination, and decisiveness. She is a good leader and can get people to follow her. Beware of riding roughshod over people, as in “my way or the highway.” And beware of burnout that could lead to manic outbursts or depression.