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Minor Arcana · Suit of Cups · Queen

Queen of Cups

Upright: compassion, intuition, empathy, nurturing. Reversed: overwhelm, dependence, insecurity, poor boundaries.

Queen of Cups — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

Queen of Cups upright meaning

  • compassion
  • intuition
  • empathy
  • nurturing

A card of deep empathy, quiet intuition, and steady emotional wisdom held with grace. Trust the read your gut is giving you about someone, and offer that compassion to yourself too.

Queen of Cups reversed meaning

  • overwhelm
  • dependence
  • insecurity
  • poor boundaries

You've been soaking up so much of everyone else's emotions that you've completely lost track of your own. Put a boundary back up, because you can care about people without drowning in what they feel.

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Arcana
Minor
Suit
Cups
Rank
Queen (13)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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