Minor arcana · Cups
Queen of Cups
The Queen of Cups stands for an inner maturity of the emotional field. She receives, observes and understands without needing to react at once.
The Queen of Cups stands for an inner maturity of the emotional field. She receives, observes and understands without needing to react at once.
The Queen stands alone against the ground, crowned, a cup in her hand. The image shows no setting around her, only the cup she holds before her.
A sensitivity held in place lets you understand the other without losing your own limits: you stay available without dissolving, and you keep a clear boundary.
By dint of absorbing what comes from others, you no longer distinguish what belongs to you: the emotions you carry are not yours, and your own limits get lost in the mix.
Symbolism TdM. The queen holds the third rank of the figures, after the page and the knight, and the old card makers treat her as the keeper of the treasure.
Stay open to feelings without taking on those that are not yours to hold, and give back what is not yours.
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