King of Cups card

The wronged one

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

support

The card poses a question or challenge in the realm of family. It is a supportive card because the querent is seeking emotional stability. The fear of loss causes the querent to underperform in other areas of life, making it a blocking card in terms of career.

Relationships

Career

Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

The King of Cups represents the “”Polish mother”” archetype. This is the person who takes care of everyone, waking up with the sunrise to ensure that everyone is up and dressed properly, cleaning, cooking, and making the home a comfortable place. The person is driven by a need for emotional stability, relationship stability, and stability at home. There is a strong need to be loved. The individual is sensitive, vulnerable, and seeks love and sympathy. They tend to hold onto memories, emotions, and mementos from the past, sometimes even physical weight. They struggle to let go and part with old things, even if they no longer need them. They are often dependent, especially on their mother.

King of Cups card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
King	The king symbolizes thoughts and feelings related to control, power, and confidence. His actions are driven by his interests, and his primary interest is protective. The king acts in times of tension. He sits on his royal throne in the middle of the sea, symbolizing the emotional uncertainty and struggles that accompany the process a person undergoes.
Royal Throne	Stability, control, leadership.
Crown	Dominion, glory, perfection, continuity.
Cup	Represents the element of water; water is an emotional component and a feminine symbol. The cups resemble the nurturing feminine womb.
Staff	Authority, support, spiritual strength, desires, initiative, a tool for realizing ideas.
Yellow Robe	Serves as a reminder to always give space to intellect and reason. Represents authority, power, and grandeur. The yellow color symbolizes abundance, energy, happiness, courage, but also caution and fear. Internal and external communication.
Light Blue Tunic	His light blue garment symbolizes optimism, freedom of expression, independence, and hope. The light blue tunic represents the sky, spirituality, infinite possibilities, and eternity.
Ship	The journey of the soul, floating, balance, fulfillment.
Stormy Sea	The sea, as an emotional symbol, and the royal throne floating on it in perfect balance, symbolize stability and emotional balance that comes from understanding that emotional waves are part of the process. Life force, feminine energy, multiple possibilities, danger, emotional world.
Gray Background	Compromise, reduction, detachment, protection.
Red Scarf	The red scarf symbolizes vitality and action.

Astrology

Cancer, from June 22 to July 21, belongs to the water element. The traits associated with this sign include sensitivity, emotionality, warmth, magnetism, intuition, introversion, shyness, compassion, and generosity. They are intriguing, mysterious, conservative, nostalgic, and have a strong memory. They place high importance on family values, domesticity, and security in all areas, but they can also experience mood swings, worry, and insecurity.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In a Tarot reading, the deck is divided into three parts: the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana (which is divided into cards from Ace to Ten), and the sixteen Court Cards. Processes begin in the realm of the spirit, represented by the Major Arcana. From there, they transition into the material world, represented by the Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana answers the question of whether the realization of these processes will occur. When Court Cards appear, they deliver a message of opportunity. The Prince, Queen, and King represent the Zodiac, while the Knights signify a crucial event that will mature the individual and allow them to transform the event into an Ace, signifying a new beginning.

The message of the King represents the masculine energy. In nature, males are passive; for example, the lion does nothing until there is a threat to the pride, at which point he steps in to protect. The King awakens in situations of stress or internal and external pressure. His typical behavior involves seeking emotional stability, preserving the status quo, and maintaining the family unit. The opportunity presented is one of letting go of the familiar and the known, and realizing one’s potential for personal fulfillment.