I was a bit curious about this too so I took some time to feel out the energy regarding the scandals and how it’s influencing Kook if at all. While I was doing that and even when I started shuffling the deck, a lot was coming through about distortion but specifically towards how the issue is being observed. As in Kook, and BTS as a whole, are not being manipulated, but we as the audience are. Basically… lol, that shit is staged. Or at least that’s what was coming through from my perspective.

Even with the cards that’s how it comes off. The first set out was the King of Pentacles, the 10 of Cups, and then the 9 of Pentacles which gave me this really fucking bizarre visual of like an evil Wallstreet villain (King of Pentacles) designing this crazy scheme (10 of Cups) for very personal and self-serving gain (9 of Pentacles). IF I HAD TO ASSUME, I’d say if they are still working with ~western~ publicists then planting scandals like that while they are on vacation, or better yet, out of the spotlight, is just part of the game. Considering the timing, it could have been that they had that scandal ready to go and decided to drop the bomb when things with Headliner happened in order to drown out the controversy around that.

The Queen of Wands and the 6 of Swords is Kook’s energy in this mix which is severely detached from the King of Pentacles. Like, he has no say in this, not involvement. He’s self-contained as the Queen, but that 6 of Swords suggest that he’s being pulled along by obligation, or contract.

If the scandal was already set up and they pulled the trigger specifically to try and overshadow or retaliate the Headliner stuff, then I think it would be looked at by him as the lesser of two evils, especially if he already knows he won’t have to personally address either situation.

As a side note, there are some weird vibes with Headliner (obviously) around conscious awareness of things happening behind the scenes (obviously) which the staff/publicists are aware of. It’s kind of hard to make sense of it in terms of the details, but it literally looks like they’re at a standoff, like there’s a reason there hasn’t been direct and public legal action, and there are reasons behind why things seem to happen AROUND these people rather than directly between… if that makes sense. It’s just weird shit, but if you boil it down it’s like… just business I guess, lol. Similar vibes to what I had in my BTS/Sasaeng reading.

But yeah, Kook seems fine and safe, or as fine and safe as anyone can be in his position. Nothing seems sinister other than the manipulation directed towards the audience or the observers in the situation. Even Kook doesn’t really hold a lot of energy in this, he’s more or less just a ball that they’re passing between each other.