Minor Arcana · Cups
Queen of Cups Tarot Card Meaning
- compassion
- intuition
- emotional depth
- nurturing
Queen of Cups upright
The Queen of Cups is the deep well of compassion. She feels everything and is not undone by it. Turn your ear inward — your intuition is speaking with unusual clarity now.
Queen of Cups reversed
Reversed, the Queen of Cups marks feelings overflowing or boundaries blurred. Tend your own waters first. You cannot pour from a cup you have forgotten to refill.
How to read Queen of Cups
Queen of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups. The suit of water: love, emotions, friendship and intuition.
Queens hold the suit's energy with care, maturity and inner strength.
Upright, let its keywords guide the reading: compassion, intuition, emotional depth, and nurturing.
Reversed, the same themes are usually blocked, delayed or turned inward. Read the reversed meaning above with that in mind.
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