King of Cups tarot card meaning

composure · emotional mastery · counsel

Minor Arcana · Cups

Upright meaning

Feeling deeply while staying steady. Good counsel for others.

Reversed meaning

Suppressed emotion, or manipulation dressed up as calm.

Symbolism

Cups hold what can be poured out or kept: emotion given shape. As a Cups card it belongs to water, the suit of feeling, relationship, intuition and the inner life.

Questions to sit with

• · Where is this card's energy already present in your life?
• · If this card were advice from a friend, what would they be telling you to do?
• · What would need to change for the reversed version to become upright?