Queen of Cups

Upright

A robed figure on a throne by the water's edge, a closed and ornate cup in her hands. The Queen of Cups is the deep listener — the friend you tell the real thing to, the parent who held you while you cried, the version of you who can sit with another person's feelings without needing to fix them. Emotional intelligence as a craft. Sit by the water. Hold the cup. You are allowed to feel this much.

Reversed

The cup overflowing onto the throne. The Queen of Cups reversed is emotion that's stopped having banks — overwhelm, codependency, the empath who absorbs everything and forgets what's theirs. Sometimes it's the opposite — the queen who's closed the cup so tightly nothing gets in or out. The card asks where your boundary is, said with the same softness you give everyone else.