Card 48 • cups

Queen of Cups

Brief Description

The Queen of Cups represents a compassionate, emotionally mature, and nurturing presence who supports creativity and intuition. She can signify a person with deep empathy and emotional intelligence or indicate strong emotional attachments to someone or something. Reversed, the card warns of being overwhelmed or blinded by emotions and suggests the possibility of emotional manipulation or unhealthy dependency. It encourages balanced feeling, attentive listening, and mindful emotional boundaries.

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Poem

To listen and to feel are lost skills to some... but I know their true value and will never go numb.

Meaning

The Queen of Cups is a compassionate and caring soul, supportive of us pursuing our creative endeavors and following our intuition. When it does not represent an actual person, the Queen of Cups can also be a sign that you are experiencing strong emotional attachments to someone or something.

Reversed Meaning

In the reversed position, the Queen of Cups warns against being blinded by our emotions or indicates the presence of emotional manipulation.

Upright keywords

a mature feminine energy who is Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio, someone with emotional intelligence, empathetic, a nurturing individual, intuitive, compassionate, creative, a shoulder to cry on, emotionally well balanced

Reversed keywords

overly emotional, needy, clingy, overly sensitive, emotionally inarticulate, petty, selfish, emotional, unsympathetic, insecure, codependency, smothering

Visual Description

A crowned woman in a flowing white and gold gown sits beside roiling water, holding an ornate chalice up toward a crescent moon. Her long hair falls over her shoulder and she wears jewelry, including bracelets and a necklace with a shell motif. A large seal or sea creature gazes up at her from the waves while stylized sea plants and curling water surround the scene.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Alexandria Huntington

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