- Arcana
- Minor · queen of cups
- Correspondence
- Water of water
- Element
- Water
Queen of Cups
Water of water
Upright
empathy · holding space · intuition
Deep emotional intelligence, felt as safety by everyone nearby.
Reversed
absorption · martyrdom · guarded heart
Carrying everyone's water until none is left, or a heart closed to keep from flooding.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Queen of Cups is water 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.