King of Cups
🌀 General Meaning
⬆️ The King of Cups represents emotional maturity, deep compassion, intuition, restraint, and heart-centered wisdom. He blends strength and gentleness — mastering emotions without suppressing them. This card points to a caring advisor, spiritual guide, or supportive partner who leads with love.
⬇️ Suppressed emotions, manipulation, emotional coldness, double standards, repressed feelings, or using emotions for control.
❤️ Love and Relationships
⬆️ Mature, stable relationships, emotional security, care, and support. May symbolize a partner who listens, understands, and provides heartfelt presence.
⬇️ Emotional distance, suppression of feelings, lack of sincerity, hidden resentment, jealousy, or emotional manipulation.
💼 Work and Finances
⬆️ Balance, diplomacy, leadership with empathy. Ideal for roles in art, psychology, medicine, or education. Excellent for helping professions or emotionally intelligent leadership.
⬇️ Suppressed feelings, manipulative management, emotional burnout, passivity, or unresolved inner tension.
❓ Questions and Situations
⬆️ Answer — "Yes", if you're acting wisely and with emotional maturity. The situation calls for sensitivity and diplomacy.
⬇️ Answer — "No", if you're avoiding emotional honesty or using feelings to manipulate.
🧍♂️ Personality
⬆️ Calm, empathetic, mature person who deeply understands others. Combines strength with gentleness. Reliable, sincere, emotionally wise.
⬇️ Withdrawn, secretive, may be passive-aggressive, avoids direct communication, hides true feelings.
🗓️ Card of the Day
⬆️ A day for emotional wisdom, supporting loved ones, deep conversations. Remain calm and be attentive to others’ feelings.
⬇️ A desire to avoid or suppress emotions may arise. Be honest with yourself.
🔗 Combinations with Major Arcana
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🃏 King of Cups + Fool
⬆️ Wise mentor in new beginnings.
⬇️ Emotional carelessness. -
🪄 King of Cups + Magician
⬆️ Mastery of emotions, confident action.
⬇️ Emotional manipulation. -
🕊️ King of Cups + High Priestess
⬆️ Deep intuition, spiritual insight.
⬇️ Emotional detachment, secrecy. -
🌸 King of Cups + Empress
⬆️ Nurturing balance and stability.
⬇️ Passive emotional behavior in relationships. -
🏛️ King of Cups + Emperor
⬆️ Harmony between power and emotion.
⬇️ Repressed emotions, emotional rigidity. -
⚖️ King of Cups + Hierophant
⬆️ Spiritual advisor, emotional depth.
⬇️ Strict moral expectations. -
💑 King of Cups + Lovers
⬆️ Conscious choice, mature love.
⬇️ Repressed desires or hesitation. -
🏅 King of Cups + Chariot
⬆️ Emotional control leads to success.
⬇️ Struggle between heart and mind. -
💪 King of Cups + Strength
⬆️ Kind willpower, patience, calm presence.
⬇️ Internal tension, emotional restraint. -
🧘 King of Cups + Hermit
⬆️ Emotional solitude, self-reflection.
⬇️ Withdrawal, emotional detachment. -
🎡 King of Cups + Wheel of Fortune
⬆️ Wise response to change.
⬇️ Mood swings, instability. -
⚖️ King of Cups + Justice
⬆️ Balance between mind and heart.
⬇️ Cold judgment, emotional detachment. -
🤯 King of Cups + Hanged Man
⬆️ Self-reflection and emotional renewal.
⬇️ Sacrifice due to emotional weight. -
☠️ King of Cups + Death
⬆️ Ending emotional patterns.
⬇️ Suppressed grief, avoiding loss. -
🧙 King of Cups + Temperance
⬆️ Emotional equilibrium and serenity.
⬇️ Overcooling, passivity. -
😈 King of Cups + Devil
⬆️ Intense feelings needing regulation.
⬇️ Emotional dependency, manipulation. -
🧱 King of Cups + Tower
⬆️ Emotional awakening, revelation.
⬇️ Inner collapse, outburst of feelings. -
🌈 King of Cups + Star
⬆️ Hope, emotional healing.
⬇️ Idealization of emotions. -
🌙 King of Cups + Moon
⬆️ Deep intuition, emotional foresight.
⬇️ Illusions, fears, emotional confusion. -
☀️ King of Cups + Sun
⬆️ Sincerity, warmth, inspiration.
⬇️ Superficial charm, emotional display. -
⚖️ King of Cups + Judgment
⬆️ Emotional awakening and self-acceptance.
⬇️ Self-judgment, emotional exhaustion. -
🌍 King of Cups + World
⬆️ Emotional mastery, fulfillment.
⬇️ Withdrawal into self, emotional fatigue.
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