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Queen of Cups Tarot Card Meaning
The Queen of Cups tarot card means compassion, intuition and emotional depth. Compassion and intuition.
Upright
- Compassion
- intuition
- emotional depth
Reversed
- Overwhelmed by feelings
- neediness
- giving too much
Yes or no
Yes
The Queen of Cups is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Cups. Cups are the suit of water: feelings, love, friendship and intuition.
What the card shows
A queen sits on a throne at the water's edge, gazing at an ornate cup with a lid and two winged figures on its handles.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Queen of Cups is read as deep kindness. She listens, feels things strongly and trusts her intuition. The card can stand for a caring person or for looking after your own feelings.
Queen of Cups reversed
Reversed, it is read as being swamped by emotion, leaning too hard on others, or caring for everyone but yourself.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Queen of Cups is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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