The Queen of Cups sits at the water’s edge, gazing into an ornate closed cup. She is compassion, intuition and emotional depth: a caring, sensitive woman.
Deep compassion, an intuition that understands without words.
Waite’s keywords (1911): A good, honest, devoted woman; loving intelligence and so the gift of vision; happiness, wisdom.
Reversed
Reversed, feeling overwhelms: emotional dependence, manipulation through feelings, or oversensitivity.
Drowning in the feelings of others, emotional confusion.
Waite’s keywords (1911): A woman not to be trusted; perversity, dishonour.
In love
Upright Devoted, intuitive and compassionate love.
Reversed Emotional dependence; feelings that overwhelm the relationship.
In work
Upright Work involving care, healing or empathy.
Reversed Emotional burnout at work.
In money
Upright Intuitive, careful management of money.
Reversed Spending driven by emotion.
At home and in the family
Upright A caring mother; a warm, emotional home.
Reversed An emotionally overwhelming home.
On your path
Upright Intuition and psychic gifts.
Reversed Emotional blocks on the path.
Its counsel
Upright Trust your intuition.
Reversed Protect your emotional boundaries.
Correspondences
- Arcana
- Minor Arcana, suit of Cups
- Element
- Water
- Rank
- Queens: the influence of women, or of the receptive side of life
Cups
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