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.
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