- Arcana
- Minor · king of cups
- Correspondence
- Air of water
- Element
- Water
King of Cups
Air of water
Upright
emotional mastery · counsel · calm
Feeling fully present and fully governed. The person to bring a crisis to.
Reversed
suppression · manipulation · coldness
Composure used as a wall, or emotion managed in other people rather than in oneself.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so King of Cups is air of water — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.