An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

Cups · Prince

Prince of Cups

Prince of the Chariot of the Waters

The face of Prince of Cups, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Prince of the Chariot of the Waters.

Feeling turned to vision. Beautiful plans need a steady hand to land.

Upright

Imaginative, artistic and seductive. Feeling turned into vision and craft.

Reversed

Escapism, manipulation or dreams with no ground under them.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Paimon teaches all arts and secret things, even what mind is. A strong card for creative and visionary practice.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

Elemental natureAir of Water
Zodiac20° Libra to 20° Scorpio, ruling the Four of Swords, Five of Cups and Six of Cups
Elemental kingNichsa of the Undines
CrestAn eagle
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SpiritPaimon, king
The seal of Paimon

Appears as a crowned man on a dromedary, preceded by trumpets and cymbals. Teaches all arts and secrets: what the earth is, what mind is. Gives dignity and good familiars. Goetia 9.

Prince of Cups in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.