Queen of Cups as a Person (Upright & Reversed) Tarot Card Meaning

The Queen of Cups is the card of compassion, warmth, kindness, and healing. This card shows a beautiful, introspective woman sitting on a throne at the edge of the sea. She is holding a cup before her. She looks at the cup, deep in thought. Her emotions come from deep within her. She trusts fully in her intuition. 

The Queen of Cups reminds us that we all need the deep, nurturing, and compassionate love that this queen has to offer. It is a love that is almost maternal in nature. It is warm, kind, and healing. It is supportive of us, and it honors our authentic self. The Queen of Cups reminds us of the love that we want to give to the people we care about the most.

Upright Queen of Cups as a Person

If the Queen of Cups appears in a Tarot spread as a person, that means that this person is emotionally balanced, loving, caring, intuitive, and generous. This person values the intangible over the material things in life. Drawing this card in a reading can sometimes indicate a soul connection. It is astrologically associated with the element of Water. Because the element of Water carries a feminine energy, this card carries a passive, receptive energy. We all have a little bit of both energies expressed in a balanced way, regardless of which gender we identify as.

For physical characteristics, the Queen of Cups as a person represents someone who is a sensitive romantic. This doesn’t necessarily mean they wear frills, lace, and pastels all the time. They may enjoy poetically darker hues, such as the dark academia aesthetic or even a classic gothic look. Like the spiritual Queen of Wands, the Queen of Cups also understands the link between body, mind, and soul. They treat their bodies like a temple, and their consumption style is considerate to the planet and all living beings. This is the type of person who will eat specific fruit to cleanse, activate, and balance out certain chakras. 

For emotional characteristics, the Queen of Cups as a person represents someone who is lovely, gentle, and genuinely compassionate. A person who is represented by this card is usually an empath. They are sensitive and considerate to the feelings of others. They typically exhibit the mature, feminine sides of the Water signs. Like a Cancer, they are empathetic and nurturing. If they’re a parent, they are an excellent parent. Like a Scorpio, they will be sensual. They are great at keeping secrets. The Piscean energy they embody is spirituality and intuition. 

For careers, the Queen of Cups can represent someone who works in a field where compassion is required. For example, they could be a caretaker, nurse, doctor, or reiki healer. Perhaps they work with children or animals. They may be required to be artistic to make it in their line of work or industry. The Queen of Cups is just as spiritual as the Queen of Wands, but she will typically have a more healing nature. She has a way of communicating information that is both honest but also gentle. This person cares about their customers, clients, coworkers on a personal level, which is why they rave about her!

The Queen of Cups as a person represents someone who makes you feel cared for and nurtured. This is the type of person who is a giver more than a taker. They favor friends who they vibe with emotionally, rather than their clout or status. Because this person is incredibly intuitive, you might feel like they can see right through you. However, there is no judgment here. This person sees people at a soul level, encouraging their authentic selves to shine. 

Reversed Queen of Cups as a Person

If the Queen of Cups reversed appears in a Tarot spread as a person, that means that this person falsely portrays themselves as being kind, generous, compassionate. In reality, this person can be quite judgmental and sanctimonious. They’re emotionally draining, manipulative, and unpredictable. Because this is a Minor Arcana card, some of these traits will not be inherent aspects of their identity. If they are behaving unfavorably, they might just be going through a temporary phase. It may be a behavioral pattern that they can still unlearn, if they choose to. Good or bad, nobody is perfect, and people can use their free will to change for the better.

For physical characteristics, the Queen of Cups reversed as a person represents someone who is shallow and hypocritical. The way they express and portray themselves can be misleading. For example, they could ostentatiously wear and use ethical and environmentally friendly products, but they may not actually believe in saving the environment and sustainability. They just want to look cool. They may also be equally pretentious and misleading when it comes to lifestyle. Everything is about their image, not the reality of who they are at their core. 

For emotional characteristics, the Queen of Cups reversed as a person represents someone who is emotionally closed off or stunted. They typically exhibit the shadow feminine sides of the Water signs. Like a Cancer, they can be possessive, clingy, smothering, and overbearing, especially toward their children. Like a Scorpio, they’re not trustworthy. They will use your secrets against you. They also revel in malicious and salacious gossip, the more scandalous the better. Like a Pisces, they will emotionally manipulate others to get what they want.

For careers, the Queen of Cups reversed can represent someone who works in the same field as their upright counterpart, but will lack the genuine compassion and love for what they do. If they work in the arts, they will also usually lack the creativity and the imaginativeness required to make it in that field. As they do in other areas of their life, the Queen of Cups will use emotional manipulation and guilt-tripping to further their careers. Sometimes, they will play the victim. Other times, they will play the sanctimonious, benevolent, and perpetually helpful role. This person has an unhealthy tendency to mix business with their personal life. 

The Queen of Cups reversed as a person represents someone who makes you feel like you can’t trust this person. This person is emotionally manipulative, and they have a tendency to gossip. Their favorite manipulation tactic, however, is guilt tripping with sob stories. Alternatively, they may put up a whole facade of being this caring, loving person when in fact they’re mean and cruel. Or, as the upright Queen of Cups usually carries a healing energy with her, in the reverse, she will leave you needing to be healed. Alternatively, she might actually be loving and caring, but she lacks boundaries, which makes her come off as clingy, possessive, and overbearing.

Conclusion

For love readings, the Queen of Cups represents compassion, loving kindness, and emotional support. There is wholeness, harmony, and a sense of belonging here. The nurturing and complete love of the Queen of Cups is amazing, and it is something we should strive to show our partners in any relationship. 

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