King of Cups
King of Cups — the suit of water, of feeling and the inner life.
He holds a short scepter in his left hand and a great cup in his right; his throne is set upon the sea; on one side a ship is riding and on the other a dolphin is leaping. The implicit is that the Sign of the Cup naturally refers to water, which appears in all the court cards.
Divinatory meaning
Fair man, man of business, law, or divinity; responsible, disposed to oblige the Querent; also equity, art and science, including those who profess science, law and art; creative intelligence.
Reversed
Dishonest, double-dealing man; roguery, exaction, injustice, vice, scandal, pillage, considerable loss. [Illustration]
From The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, A. E. Waite, page 52 of the library’s copy. The words are Waite’s.
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