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Queen of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Queen of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of empathy, intuition, compassion; reversed, of emotional overwhelm, insecurity. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

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

Upright meaning

“Good, fair woman; honest, devoted woman, who will do service to the Querent; loving intelligence, and hence the gift of vision; success, happiness, pleasure; also wisdom, virtue; a perfect spouse and a good mother”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: empathy, intuition, compassion, emotional security, nurturing.

Reversed meaning

“The accounts vary; good woman; otherwise, distinguished woman but one not to be trusted; perverse woman; vice, dishonour, depravity”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: emotional overwhelm, insecurity, martyrdom.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): the introverted mastery (Queen) — containing, the holding psyche.

Astrology

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

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