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Cups · tarot

King of Cups

Deep water held level. Feels it all and stays useful — the person you want in a crisis.

Air of WaterUpright & reversedFree
KingKing of Cups. A crowned king sits on a throne afloat on rough sea, a cup in one hand and a sceptre in the other, a fish leaping behind.King of CupsAir of Water
SuitCups · Water
RankKing
Book T calls itAir of Water
ElementWater
What the card shows

A crowned king sits on a throne afloat on rough sea, a cup in one hand and a sceptre in the other, a fish leaping behind.

Upright
steady feelingcounselcalm

Deep water held level. Feels it all and stays useful — the person you want in a crisis.

Reversed
repressedmanipulativeadrift

Calm on top and nothing admitted underneath.

In love

Someone emotionally grown up. Rarer than it sounds.

In work

Handle it diplomatically. Do not send the first draft.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so King of Cups being Air of Water describes the card and not your chart.

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More from the Cups

the rest of the group
AceAce of Cups. A hand comes out of a cloud holding an overflowing cup, a dove descending into it with a wafer, five streams falling to a lily pond.Ace of Cupsthe root of WaterTwoTwo of Cups. A man and a woman face each other exchanging cups, a winged lion's head over a caduceus above them.Two of CupsVenus in Cancer · Karka 1st decanThreeThree of Cups. Three women raise their cups together in a circle among vines and fruit.Three of CupsMercury in Cancer · Karka 2nd decanFourFour of Cups. A young man sits under a tree with arms folded, ignoring a cup offered by a hand from a cloud, three cups already at his feet.Four of CupsMoon in Cancer · Karka 3rd decanFiveFive of Cups. A cloaked figure looks down at three spilled cups, not seeing the two still standing behind, with a bridge and a house across the river.Five of CupsMars in Scorpio · Vrischika 1st decanSixSix of Cups. A child hands a cup of white flowers to a smaller child in a walled courtyard, four more flower-filled cups around them.Six of CupsSun in Scorpio · Vrischika 2nd decan