FOUR PILLARS SOCIETY TAROT: KING OF CUPS

Notes on: The King of Cups

(Royal Wisdom)

 

Artist’s Notes:
Here is a king whom you can sit and talk with. There is a calmness about him though that calm comes with an edge. He has seen quite a bit and will share it to help others in their journey towards wisdom. He inherently knows that any counsel he gives can be merely that for growing in knowledge is a matter of experience and time yet perhaps he will reach through the streams to find the one necessary message that his guest most needs to hear.
 
 
About the Archetype:
 
The suite of Cups deals with our emotional nature including love, both that as in a relationship between two (and rarely more) people and that of friends and companions. Kings are the leaders, the shakers, the initiatory force or person that get things moving. The King of Cups is thus active in receptivity. He listens with patience and tolerance and is known for his wise counsel. He moves with grace and lives up to the Bruce Lee adage “Be Like Water”. He flows this way and that and finds many things he enjoys but few either deep or lasting. He is calm, honest, and understanding and often is a healer or therapist. Thus he lends the fiery energy that is inherent in the Kings to the emotional watery nature of the cup suit.
 
He also tends to be very self-contained. So contained in the fact that though he may feel the need to take action, he often finds it difficult to do so preferring his internal life. He may dream of a life of action but lives it vicariously through the help he gives to others.
 
 
Astrological Correspondent:
 
21° Aquarius – 20° Pisces
Elemental: Fire of Water
 
This combination of Aquarian and Piscean traits tends to be romantic and visionary tho may find things of a practical nature to be more of a challenge. They would have amazing insight tho be rather difficult to move when they do take a stance. There may be a tendency towards escapism with this combination as well, either in chemicals or alcohol or in the drugs of romance and sex. Because there is an aspect of their nature that is both attractive and attracted, they may find themselves often in romantic understandings. Still, they have an intuitive knack for finding their way through difficult conversations with others.
 
 
In a reading:
When the King of Cups turns up in a reading, it may be speaking of someone who is looking to you for advice and objective council. It may also refer to someone who can advise you and who may be able to influence your situation for the better. The King of Cups may also refer to a time when you find yourself frustrated because you desire to take action but either cannot decide what action to take (especially in a romantic situation) or cannot bring yourself to do so. The card may also refer to a time when things are very romantically fluid for you.
 
The King of Cups reversed or badly aspected in a reading may be referring to someone in your environment who is unreliable and untrustworthy or very manipulative. While they may be quite charming they may also be quite moody. The card may also be speaking to someone who is being unfaithful or a time when we may have been unfaithful in our relationships. The reversed King of Cups may also involve a time in our lives when we or someone close to us are letting our emotions control rather than having any kind of equanimity.
–GAR
 
Fate’s Whisper:
Time serves as the pillar that grants reality motion. There is a role to maintain this motion by driving this current without rest or reward. This process is cold to both its maker and the ones caught in it. To cherish the power we have and know one day it will wane. Time grants the power of emotion and how endless they truly can be. Mastered in every aspect it is a state of being to know and respect your place emotionally. Regardless of what happens, you know how you feel, even if you don’t know why. Take pride your emotions are in the right place.
–NF