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King of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

King of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of emotional balance, diplomacy, wisdom; reversed, of emotional volatility, manipulation. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

King of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWater

Upright meaning

“Fair man, man of business, law, or divinity; responsible, disposed to oblige the Querent; also equity, art and science, including those who profess science, law and art; creative intelligence”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: emotional balance, diplomacy, wisdom, calm authority, compassion.

Reversed meaning

“Dishonest, double-dealing man; roguery, exaction, injustice, vice, scandal, pillage, considerable loss”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: emotional volatility, manipulation, withdrawn.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): the directing mastery (King) — ordering, the governing psyche.

Astrology

The airy aspect of Water; court of the water triplicity (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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