King of Cups
The King of Cups represents a complicated, emotionally guided figure who can serve as a wise counselor guided by intuition. He often embodies an 'injured king' archetype who attains wisdom through guilt, pain, and suffering. The card warns of possible weakness: being seduced by other powers, drawn into intrigues, or engaging in dubious dealings. It also highlights the balance between will and instinct and the danger of losing independence to darker influences, as exemplified by figures like Lucius Malfoy.
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Correspondences
Fire of Water
Keywords
An injury, compassion, achieving wisdom through suffering, balancing will and instinct
Meaning
The King of Cups is a complicated man. He can be a wise counselor guided by intuition. He can also be a manifestation of the archetype of the injured king, the man who fell into guilt and learned wisdom through pain and suffering. The King of Cups sometimes can be a weak character and warn us not to get seduced by other powers and get pulled into intrigues and dubious dealings.
Exploring the Card — Lucius Malfoy
Lucius Malfoy seems to be an odd choice at first, but he embodies many characteristics of the King of Cups. His arrogance and lust for power seem to fly in the face of the traditional meaning of the card as denoting a sensitive and compassionate character, but it is certainly true that he acquires wisdom through pain and suffering. Once he has returned from Azkaban and Voldemort is through with him he sees what is truly important — to save the life of his son.
Exploring the Card — Death Eater Role
His role as a Death Eater also shows that he is not the powerful and independent pureblood he likes to present himself as in public. He has been seduced to the dark side, suffered himself to be branded like some piece of cattle and readily kneels and grovels at the feet of his half-blood master.
Visual Description
A dignified man with long white hair sits on a carved throne wearing a heavy robe. He holds a goblet in his left hand and a staff topped with a carved head in his right. A large white peacock with an elaborate tail stands at his feet while ornate scrollwork frames the scene and a shadowed birdlike figure is visible behind him. The composition is monochrome and detailed, focusing on the seated figure and the bird at the foreground.
Harry Potter tarot
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