Sophie-David
Anna-Marie seems to have had a bit of fun with some of Legend's Suit of Shields, and this Four is a good example. With his right hand King Mark points to his increasingly ambitious plans for a large banquet hall, while his left arm sweeps to the heights of his grandiose visions. His clerk (it could just as easily be his wife) sits with mounting frustration and tedium as he listens to his King's tall and impractical tales. To suggest King Mark's silliness, Anna-Marie has indulged in giving him some subtle horse's ears. This is a card of well founded manifestation and expansion, but can also suggest either ostentatious display or miserliness.
As the husband of Isolt who drank the love potion with Tristram in the beautiful Two of Cups, there is certainly a suggestion that King Mark has little relational maturity and thinks of women as possessions. Rather than court or at least arrange the marriage to Isolt in person, he sent Tristram instead to take care of the details, with tragic consequences for the three of them. He may have horse's ears but it would seem that King Mark has a shortage of horse sense.
As the husband of Isolt who drank the love potion with Tristram in the beautiful Two of Cups, there is certainly a suggestion that King Mark has little relational maturity and thinks of women as possessions. Rather than court or at least arrange the marriage to Isolt in person, he sent Tristram instead to take care of the details, with tragic consequences for the three of them. He may have horse's ears but it would seem that King Mark has a shortage of horse sense.