Card 14
King of Cups
Description
A king on a stone throne in the middle of choppy water. Cup in one hand, scepter in the other. He's already mastered it. A fish jumps behind him. A ship sails through the waves. Nothing splashes him.
Keywords
Upright
Reversed
Upright Meanings
A person who has their feelings handled. Not numb, not cold. Just done being yanked around by them. This card shows up when calm leadership is needed, or when you're being asked to be that for someone else. Could be someone in your life. Could be the version of you that's emerging. Listen with intellect and heart at the same time.
Reversed Meanings
The mastery slips. Moody, manipulative, cold one minute warm the next. Or you're feeling those things from someone else and it's making you uncertain about your own ground. Sometimes this card is about repression: holding feelings down so hard they leak out sideways. The fix is the same either way: get under the lid, deal with what's there.
Elemental
Fire of Water.
Questions to Ask
- ?What wise person could be consulted for good advice?
- ?How can I make sure I'm being as objective and fair as possible?
- ?To what extent am I capable of keeping a "stiff upper lip?"
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