Queen of Cups

Key meanings

• emotional depth
• compassion
• intuition
• attunement
• acceptance

Queen of Cups upright

Mature emotional depth and compassion: you feel deeply and hold it with warmth.

The shadow side

Giving all your tenderness to others and keeping not a drop for yourself.

Queen of Cups reversed

Dissolving into other people's feelings, caring to the point of exhaustion, losing yourself in emotion.

Queen of Cups as the card of the day

Today you're like the woman who sits at the very edge of the sea and holds her cup calmly and with care. Your strength is to feel deeply and not drown in it. Be as tender with yourself as you know how to be with everyone else.

The question this card asks

Are you giving yourself the same tenderness and care you so freely give to others?