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

Cups · Queen

Queen of Cups

Queen of the Thrones of the Waters

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

Deep intuition and quiet sight. Trust what you sense before you can prove it.

Upright

Emotionally intelligent, intuitive and deeply caring. She feels everything and is not ruled by it.

Reversed

Emotional overwhelm, codependence or intuition clouded by fear.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Dantalion, the many-faced duke, knows the thoughts of all people and shows anyone in a vision. The most direct court for psychic and empathic work.

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Correspondences

Elemental natureWater of Water
Zodiac20° Gemini to 20° Cancer, ruling the Ten of Swords, Two of Cups and Three of Cups
Elemental kingNichsa of the Undines
CrestAn ibis
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SpiritDantalion, duke
The seal of Dantalion

Appears as a man of many faces, men’s and women’s, holding a book. Teaches all arts, knows and changes the thoughts of anyone, shows any person in a vision. Goetia 71.

Queen 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.