King of Swords

Meaning: Discipline, integrity, morality (Labyrinthos)

Depiction: Here we have Queequeg, the prince of Kokovoko,  immersed in his religious ritual (or "Ramadan" as Ishmael mislabels it), squatting on the floor in his bedroom in the Try Pots of Nantucket,  holding his wooden idol Yojo on his head. There is a whaling lance in the room to symbolize the sword of this suit, though we know that it was actually his harpoon that Queequeg kept with him.

Text:  Chapter 17-  The Ramadan.

With a prodigious noise the door flew open, and the knob slamming against the wall, sent the plaster to the ceiling; and there, good heavens! there sat Queequeg, altogether cool and self-collected; right in the middle of the room; squatting on his hams, and holding Yojo on top of his head. He looked neither one way nor the other way, but sat like a carved image with scarce a sign of active life.

This scene was unfortunately cut from the book. 

Comments: I see Queequeg as having a strong internal compass and having absolute conviction in everything he does, whether fasting in the same position for a day and night, or saving a stranger who ridiculed him from drowning. I'm sure when he knew the Pequod would sink, he resolved to die and also was positive that either Ishmael would survive or that he would meet him again in the afterlife.

Aaaand that's it for Swords! On to Pentacles!