Queen of Cups

Tarot de Marseille

Essence: A woman holding a covered cup, a rich and mature emotional world, she feels intensely and knows how to look after it, fine intuition, protected intimacy

General meaning

Upright

mature sensitivityintuitionintimacycarecontained emotion

↕ Reversed: A closed cup that becomes confinement, jealousy, possessiveness, keeping so much to herself that no one gets through, emotional withdrawal

By topic

Love: deep love kept closeintimacymature tendernessreserved devotionemotional faithfulness
Friendship: confidant friendwelcomecarediscretiontenderness
Family: a protectiveloving figuremotherwelcomes without asking questionscaretenderness
Career: empathetic profilecareprofessional intuitiontrustdiscretion
Work: care workprofessional empathyintuitionprotective atmospherediscretion
Studies: intuitive studyemotional supportsensitive teacherintrospectionsensitivity
Money: discreet helplooking after emotional assetsreserved generosityemotional supportprudence
Pets: tender carerdeep bondprotectionempathy with animalstenderness
Health: emotional carebody intuitionintimate healingsensitivityrest
Choices: listen to your intuitiondecide sensitivelylook after what's yoursdon't show everythingcalm
Creative projects: intimate projectthe soul of the projectsensitivitycaring for the processdepth
Creativity: emotional depthintimate inspirationsensitive workintuitioninwardness

The keywords for each topic describe the card upright; the reversed meaning has its own line.

✨ 3 tips for combining it

With intuition cards, she knows without being told. Example: Queen of Cups + The Popess is very sharp intuition.
With Cups, it's deep, reserved love. Example: Queen of Cups + Two of Cups is intimate, faithful devotion.
With closing cards, she withdraws. Example: Queen of Cups + Four of Coins is keeping so much inside that nobody gets through.

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