Minor Arcana · Suit of Cups · King
King of Cups
Upright: emotional balance, compassion, diplomacy, calm. Reversed: volatility, suppression, moodiness, manipulation.
King of Cups upright meaning
- emotional balance
- compassion
- diplomacy
- calm
A card of emotional mastery, staying calm and kind even when things get choppy. You can feel something strongly and still respond with a level head, be the steady one this week.
King of Cups reversed meaning
- volatility
- suppression
- moodiness
- manipulation
You're holding your feelings down so hard they're leaking out sideways, sudden moods, quiet resentment, a calm about to crack. Let yourself actually feel it before it comes out at the wrong person.
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- Arcana
- Minor
- Suit
- Cups
- Rank
- King (14)
- Deck
- Rider–Waite–Smith
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