King of Cups

Spanish deck · Lord of dreams

Classic reading: A dreamy state of mind, sometimes out of touch with reality (dreamland); someone who would do crazy things for love; at work, utopias that stop projects from materialising.

General meaning

Upright

dreamsfantasyescaping realityutopiacrazy things for love

↕ Reversed: A dreamer who never lands, emotional manipulation, evasion, an unreliable man

By topic

Love: crazy things for loveidealisationtotal devotiondreaminessextreme romance
Friendship: dreamy friendcrazy things for a friendidealisationdevotionabsent-mindedness
Family: dreamyimpractical figureaffectionillusionsneed for realism
Career: unrealistic ambitionsutopiasdifficulty materialisingvisionneed to make things concrete
Work: utopias that stop projects from materialisingunrealised ideaslack of realismvisionscattered focus
Studies: daydreamingdistractionbig ideaslack of focusneed to make things concrete
Money: unrealistic decisionscastles in the airfinancial carelessnessspending on dreamsno plan
Pets: an animal in its own worldtendernessabsent-mindednessaffectionneed for routine
Health: dreamy mindescapismneed to come down to earthfanciful moodbalance
Choices: deciding out of touch with realityidealisingcoming down to earth before choosingillusioncareful with utopias
Creative projects: utopian projectunrealised ideasvisionneed to come down to eartha realistic plan
Creativity: overflowing imaginationyour own worldsvisionfantasyinspiration

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

✨ 3 tips for combining it

With love cards, madness for love. Example: King of Cups + Four of Cups is getting carried away by passion.
With Coins, beware of dreams without foundations. Example: King of Cups + Three of Coins is a business that sounds lovely but needs grounding.
With creative cards, imagination. Example: King of Cups + Two of Cups is fantasy turned into a creation.

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