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King of Cups Tarot Card

The Tarot Suit of Cups

The Tarot Suit of Cups is associated with the suit of Hearts in standard playing cards.

The "Cups" depicted on tarot cards are usually in the style of goblets, ceremonial, or communion cups (as above). There are meanings associated with each of the suits in a tarot deck, as well as the more specific interpretations associated with each individual card - and yet more precise meanings pertaining to particular cards in particular locations within spreads.

The suit of cups is associated with the element of water. It is also associated with the season of autumn (or "fall" in U.S. English), and with the direction "West".
Cups concern emotions, love, romance, range of emotions, mastery of emotions and feelings, and "gut reactions" that call upon our intuitive as opposed to intellectual development.

The "Kings" in the tarot deck may also be known by other names depending on the deck used.
For example, the The World Spirit Tarot includes "Sages" and the Shapeshifter's Tarot includes "Gods" in place of the "Kings" in the Rider-Waite and Robin Wood tarot decks.

All Court Cards may be interpreted as referring to a person - the card itself including information to identify the individual. Alternatively they may be interpreted symbolically, in which case "Kings" may be understood to represent motivation, that is - a beginning or start of something.

The element of the Kings is "Fire".
The Kings are reflections of the Emperor.
In general, when Kings appear in a spread they indicate the presence or need for planners, motivators, commanders, and creators, that is - the type of people who make things happen!

In the case of the King of Cups, the theme is that of "highest emotional responsibility". He is often (including on the Rider-Waite and Robin Wood decks) depicted sitting on a royal throne above an ocean of waves - energetic water/emotions. Some people interpret this as the King of Cups being "above" emotions, and as such as having become somewhat detached from the theme of his suit.

When the King of Cups Court Card appears in a tarot spread to identify a person to the sitter the characteristics it conveys include a mature man, with (or who used to have) fair hair, and blue eyes, born under the astrological sign of scorpio.

Note this is not always the purpose of the appearance of a Court Card in a spread and not all of the above characteristics need apply - the readers intuition will guide him/her to mention only any that are relevant.

The presence of the King of Cups Tarot Card in a spread may advise readers to remain level-headed about the situation, or alternatively to cease repressing our emotions and instead to become their "master" (or "ruler").

Keywords and phrases for some of the possible interpretations of the King of Cups Tarot Card include:

Artistic inclinations
Balanced person
Considerate male
Father figure
Kind man
Quiet power

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What about the King of Cups Reversed ?

Some interpretations of the meaning of the King of Cups reversed include:

A powerful man with deceptive "two-faced" tendencies, or simply an uncaring man
Emotional manipulation
Confusion about a relationship, emotions out-of-balance

Note: Tarot readings may be either with all cards upright or with the orientation as well as the order of the cards in the deck shuffled so that cards may appear either upright or reversed (reversed = 'inverted', upside-down). Reversed cards do not necessarily have the exact opposite meaning of the same card upright. The distinction between the upright and reversed meaning of a tarot card can be subtle. The effect of reversing each card is different.


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