My journal has a weekly reading and a weekly card study. I am ever a student and I like the idea of a weekly study. This week happens to be the Queen of Cups from the Shadowscape deck by Stephanie Pui-Man Law. I purchased this deck because I love the artwork. But the first few times handling the deck I did not feel a connection. So it became a lovely art deck to show off. Since I am not limiting my study just to my reading decks, I decided to try a card from this deck. It was a very different feeling this time. The Queen of Cups is a stunning card that inspires me. I am also in love with the card description on the website but the abbreviated version in the booklet is lovely as well.
Her very being is a creative nexus, she is poetry in motion, imagination incarnate. She can dance upon the swells of the ever-shifting, ever-changing seas, in unison with the dance of life that engages all the world and its creatures around her. Guided by instincts, she is attuned to that otherworld and finds joy in that communion of kindred spirits. For another who did not comprehend her synchronicity, a misstep from her position would mean a plunge into unfathomed depths, but not so for the Queen of Cups. She dances on, embraced by the endless azure ocean and heavens, and where the sea meets the sky there is no seam. (Law)
Traditionally meanings are: Compassionate, caring, emotionally stable, intuitive (Esselmont)
I see those meanings in this card but her description gives the aesthetic so much more impact. I am also seeing her in the Queen of Cups for my Arthurian deck. Which is amazing since I was struggling with that card.
Lesson: Read everything! You never know when something will just click.
Pui-Mun Law, Stephanie. “Queen of Cups.” Shadowscapes Tarot, 2010, www.shadowscapes.com/Tarot/cards.php?suit=2&card=12.
Esselmont, Brigit. “Queen of Cups Tarot Card Meanings.” Biddy Tarot, www.biddytarot.com/tarot-card-meanings/minor-arcana/suit-of-cups/queen-of-cups/.
