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The King of Cups is depicted as a mature, fair-haired man,(no source) seated on a throne and holding a cup in his right hand and a sceptre in his left. Here is a man who is "all heart". The King of Cups card usually depicts a mature man who appreciates the finer things in life such as music and art. He can be warm-hearted and kind.
In tarot, the element of cups is water, and the suit of cups pertains to situations and events of an emotional nature – in contradistinction to physical (suit of coins), or mindful (suit of swords), or creative natures (suit of wands). [3] [4] As such, when the tarot is used in divination, many cups signify an emotionally focus for the ...
Page of Cups from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Page of Cups (or jack or knave of cups or goblets or vessels) is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana" Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1]
The Only Tarot Book You'll Ever Need. Avon, MASS: Simon & Schuster. Case, Paul Foster (August 2012) [first published 1920]. An Introduction to the Study of the Tarot. Ancient Wisdom Publications. ISBN 9781936690831. Case, Paul Foster (1947). The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages. New York: Macoy Publishing Company. Christian, Paul (1863).
In Spain, the suit of cups is known as copas and the court cards are known as the rey (king), caballo (knight or cavalier) and sota (knave or valet). The Spanish play with packs of 40 or 48 cards. There are no tens and, in the shorter pack, the nines and eights are also dropped. Thus the suit of cups ranks: R C S (9 8) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
Read your weekly tarot card reading horoscope by zodiac sign - aka your Cosmo Tarotscope - for the week of January 1, 2024.
Three cards from a Visconti-Sforza tarot deck: Ace of cups, Queen of coins and the Knight of batons. The word "tarot" [21] and German Tarock derive from the Italian Tarocchi, the origin of which is uncertain, although taroch was used as a synonym for foolishness in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
The figures on the suit of bastoni wear silver pleated garments and carry a long staff; a large vessel tops either end except for the King, whose staff has a finial only at the top. Those on the suit of cups wear gold garments, embellished by the heraldic device of sun and rays; each figure holds a large chalice, as is often the case with the suit.