Tarot card

King of Cups

King of Cups: emotional steadiness and creative intelligence amid change. The card joins the water nature of Cups to its courtly role.

1 correspondence · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · King of Cups in full

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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Water, first attested 1888 CE.

Suit and element

  • Water

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Cups express the powers of Water: receptivity, relationship, imagination, pleasure and emotional experience.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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