Queen of Cups
Keeper of Feelings
The energy of the card
On the shore the Queen sits on her throne of shells and mermaids, gazing, absorbed, into an ornately closed cup, as if she saw the future in it. The card stands for empathy, imagination and a deep inner knowing. It shows a person in your life or the attitude you are invited to take yourself right now.
Your path with this card
Your intuition speaks in images and hunches, one after another. With every hunch you follow, its voice becomes clearer. The card invites you to trust your feelings and take your dreams seriously.
- What does your feeling tell you when you grow completely still?
- Who needs your understanding right now – perhaps you yourself?
In the shadow
Empathy becomes oversensitivity, imagination an escape from reality. The card reminds you to protect yourself while you are there for others.
The image and its meaning
Fascinated, the Queen of Cups gazes at her magnificent cup of wisdom.
With interest and intuition she lets her feelings and thoughts flow. Her sea-blue robe merges with the sea in front of her shell throne. She knows the changing currents, ebb and flow, the ups and downs of life and of her soul.
She is one with the water – she forms the link between the realm of earth and the realm of water. But the cup is much more – it is a sacred ark with a high spiritual secret inside – symbolized by the 2 inconspicuous cherubs on either side of the cup. The Queen of Cups rules both over the energies of water and of the soul and over the material realm.
In every second of our lives we have to bring our inner life into harmony with the experiences of everyday life. Devotion, and letting the waves of feeling flow, are the key this card wants to teach us. To give the holiest of holies of our soul – our feelings, our will and our strengths – the place they deserve.
This is about putting our sensitivity, our personal spirituality and our intuition at the center. The health and balance of our soul are never subordinate to the material world. They are to be protected and devotedly honored.
Related cards
Tarot The High Priestess
The High Priestess keeps the quiet knowing, the Queen of Cups lives it with an open heart. Both see deeper than the eye.
Lenormand The Woman
In the Lenormand, The Woman stands for a woman who plays an important role – here an empathetic, feeling figure.
Symbols on the card
- Blick auf den Kelch · IntrospektionSie ist in sich gekehrt – konzentriert auf innere Wahrheiten.
- Kelch mit Deckel · Geheimnis, TiefeIhre Gefühle sind kostbar und nicht leicht zugänglich.
- Meer und Felsen · Emotionaler HintergrundStabile Struktur trotz tiefer Gefühle.
- Thron mit Meerwesen · Intuition, WeiblichkeitDer Thron zeigt ihre Verbindung zum emotionalen Archetyp.
