King of Cups Tarot Card Meaning: Upright, Reversed, Love & Career

King of Cups (Water, emotions, relationships and intuition) means emotional balance, diplomacy, wisdom. Upright and reversed meaning, in love, in career, and as advice.

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King of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups, which is about emotions, relationships and intuition. The king stands for outer mastery and leadership. Its core themes are emotional balance, diplomacy, wisdom. Calm control of feelings with kindness. Lead from composure.

King of Cups upright meaning

Calm control of feelings with kindness. Lead from composure.

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King of Cups reversed meaning

Emotional manipulation or suppression. Be honest about what you feel.

King of Cups in love and relationships

Cups focus on feelings, bonding and emotional honesty between people. With emotional balance and diplomacy in play, this card, outer mastery and leadership, asks whether that theme is being met honestly in your connections.

King of Cups in career and money

Cups focus on fulfilment, collaboration and work that matches your values. As outer mastery and leadership, the King of Cups points to emotional balance as the thing to pay attention to at work.

King of Cups as a person

Court cards often describe a person or a role you are playing. King of Cups is someone (or an approach in you) marked by emotional balance, diplomacy, wisdom. Calm control of feelings with kindness. Lead from composure.

The suit of Cups

Cups is the suit of water: feelings, bonds, imagination and the inner life. These cards describe how you connect and what you need emotionally.

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