The Queen of Cups as Advice: Trust Your Intuition, and Care for Yourself Too

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Queen of Cups as advice asks you to trust what you feel. Here is how, and what the reversal says about over-giving.

If you want the short answer, the Queen of Cups as advice says: trust your intuition and lead with compassion, including compassion for yourself.

What the Queen of Cups advises upright

Tina Gong's the Queen of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with compassion, calm, intuition and emotional security. In an advice position I read those meanings as an instruction: the attitude or action the card is asking of you, rather than a description of what will happen. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, the Queen of Cups advises listening, empathy and emotional honesty. Your sense of what is going on is probably right.

What the Queen of Cups is not asking you to do

The Queen is not asking you to carry everyone else's feelings. Care that empties you is the reversal.

The Queen of Cups reversed as advice

Reversed, the Queen of Cups as advice says you are overwhelmed or over-giving. Put your own cup first for a while. A reversed card in an advice position is usually pointing at the habit that is getting in your way, not at a punishment.

The Queen of Cups as advice in love

In love, the Queen of Cups advises emotional openness and gentle honesty.

The Queen of Cups as advice for work and money

For work and money, it advises using empathy as a skill while protecting your energy. Advice from a card is reflection. For decisions with legal, medical or financial weight, take it to someone qualified as well.

One step to take this week

Ask yourself how you actually feel about the situation, and write the answer down before you ask anyone else.

For comparison, the King of Cups as advice and the High Priestess as advice ask different things of you. The the Queen of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Queen of Cups as a yes or no, the Queen of Cups as feelings and the Queen of Cups as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. You can draw a card for yourself with the free daily tarot tool. For a personal interpretation, my guide to an online psychic reading explains how readings work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.