The Queen of Cups Tarot Card Meaning: Upright and Reversed Meanings & Breakdowns
The Queen of Cups Tarot Card Keywords
Upright Keywords
Compassion, Empathy, Emotionally secure, Healing, Self-Love
Reversed Keywords
Emotional burnout, Co-dependency, Blocked intuition, Martyrdom
The Queen of Cups Tarot Meaning
The Queen of Cups is the energy that helps us nurture our own emotional and intuitive well-being. It is the card that can help us tap into our deep well of creative expression, in order to bring forth and process things that may be difficult to, at first, go toe-to-toe with.
When we decide to put our own needs first and take better care of ourselves, this is the Queen of Cups at play. When we are able to allow ourselves to be who we really are and express ourselves without judgement or expectation, that is the Queen of Cups.
We can also embody this energy when we are dealing with others and external situations. The appearance of the Queen of Cups is an invitation to tread lightly, to approach challenges, problems, situations or other people with compassion and empathy. There is an emotional intelligence with the Queen of Cups that can help us connect on a more human level and even aid with healing and recovery.
However, if the Queen of Cups is taken to the extreme, it can start to turn back inwards, creating a more self-focused perspective. Instead of being emotionally savvy and able to let that energy flow freely and effectively, you might find a need to lean on others more than expected or more than you’d like. You may struggle to connect with intuition, or you may even develop a very self-centred perspective on a situation.
