True to Golden Dawn tradition, the Queen of Cups, The Watery part of Water, is seated on her throne with her left hand holding a lotus and resting on the head of an Ibis, and in the other hand she holds aloft a cup containing what I thought was supposed to be a crayfish, but this looks more like a crab to me. Maybe her cup was too shallow to hold a crayfish!
Her throne is seated in flowing water where lotuses flower.
Her emblem of the Ibis represents the soul in flight and is repeated several times on her outfit. She is the Queen of Nymphs and Undines.
'Light brown hair, blue hazel eyes
On intuition she relies'
This is a dreamy and imaginative woman. An empathetic listener, she'll help you if it isn't too taxing.
Astrologically, she rules from 20 degrees of Gemini to 20 degrees of Cancer. This last decanate in Gemini relates to intuitive insight due to its Uranian ruler. The exaltation of Mercury is a rare but incredible combination that can bring flashes of insight and awareness. The first decanate of Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which implies moodiness and unpredictability, and the second decanate of Cancer, ruled by Mars and Pluto, implies a stubborn defensive quality, especially where relationships are concerned.
The Queen of Cups is Hexagram 58 in the Kabbalah, and her colours are blue and orange.
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The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot. By Sandro Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero. Copyright 2012. Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive. Woodbury, MN 55125. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the publisher. Card images are protected intellectual property, and may not be recopied or reused in any manner without written permission from the publisher. http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738723396 . Source of the rhyming couplet is Eileen Connolly: Tarot of the apprentice (Connolly Tarot), published by Newcastle Publishing Company Inc., North Hollywood, California, 1979.
The Golden Dawn Magical Tarot. By Sandro Tabatha Cicero and Chic Cicero. Copyright 2012. Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd. 2143 Wooddale Drive. Woodbury, MN 55125. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the publisher. Card images are protected intellectual property, and may not be recopied or reused in any manner without written permission from the publisher. http://www.llewellyn.com/product.php?ean=9780738723396 . Source of the rhyming couplet is Eileen Connolly: Tarot of the apprentice (Connolly Tarot), published by Newcastle Publishing Company Inc., North Hollywood, California, 1979.
With her hand on the ibis, it looks like she is channeling whatever it has to share. She looks like she is about to say something to us.
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