King of Cups

King of Cups — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

calm authority, emotional control, wise counsel

Feeling and judgement working together. This favours the steady response over the strong one.

In a yes or no reading, King of Cups upright answers yes.

Reversed

suppression, manipulation, cold

Composure has become a lid rather than a strength, or is being used to manage someone. Look at what is underneath.

In a yes or no reading, King of Cups reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. King of Cups can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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