Queen of Cups
Queen of Cups
Compassion and intuition guide you. Trust your feelings and offer care with wisdom.
Love Emotional depth and nurturing love.
Work Empathy makes you a valued support. Lead with emotional intelligence.
Money Intuition helps, paired with clear information.
Wellbeing Care for your emotional health with gentleness.
Growth You are learning to hold space for yourself and others.
You may be absorbing too much. Set gentle boundaries.
Love Self-care supports healthy love.
Work Avoid taking on everyone’s emotions.
Money Keep emotions from driving decisions.
Wellbeing Rest and emotional boundaries restore you.
Growth You matter too.
Symbols in the glass
- Covered cup the mysteries of the heart and intuition
- Seashore the meeting of feeling and practicality
- Sea figures emotional depth
- Contemplative gaze compassion and insight
A queen sits on a throne at the edge of the sea, gazing into an ornate covered cup. Her throne is decorated with sea figures, and the water laps at her feet.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Water
- Astrology
- 20° Gemini to 20° Cancer (approx 11 Jun to 11 Jul)
- Court element
- Water of Water
- Golden Dawn title
- Queen of the Thrones of the Waters
- Number
- Queen, the heart of Water: compassion and deep intuition.
- Names
- Queen of Cups · Reine de Coupes · 圣杯皇后
Waite, 1911
Waite: "good, fair woman; honest, devoted woman ... loving intelligence, and hence the gift of vision; success, happiness, pleasure; also wisdom, virtue". Reversed: "the accounts vary".
How can you care for others without losing yourself?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.