King of CupsThe Golden Dawn Tarot Tarot Meaning
Number: King of Cups · Arcana: Minor Arcana — Cups
- king
- cups
Upright meaning
Graceful and poetic, genuinely enthusiastic once actually roused — real warmth beneath the indolent surface.
Reversals in this deck
The Golden Dawn's own system never reversed cards — a card's "ill-dignified" reading came from the neighboring cards in the spread, and the order's instructions say a drawn card's orientation must not be altered. Every card here is read upright.
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