king of cups

16 Dec 2010 2 Comments

by Beth in daily reading Tags: paulina tarot, single card tarot reading

This morning I returned to my daily draws. I shuffshuffshuffled, and out came the King of Cups. My initial impressions of this card included:

• the king’s calm, benevolent expression
• his empty hand open in acceptance, the cup in the other extended in offering
• the calm blue of his robes
• a sense of invitation
• a sense of grace

Of course, since I’m out of practice, I couldn’t resist checking the “official” interpretation of this card.  Aeclectic Tarot says:

A kinder, gentler, more loving man you’ll never meet. His “kingdom” is his family, and his one dream is to be sitting at the head of a huge table filled with kin, kids, grand kids, serving up food to them all. His family comes first; for them he’ll work, sacrifice, do just about anything; and, yes, like the “Godfather” he will consider doing terrible things to you if you cause grief to any member of that family.

More likely to be a chef, bookstore owner, museum curator, decorator or restorer than a Godfather, this King is a historian, an old fashioned man with quaint, old fashioned ideas. He’ll motivate the neighborhood to restore old buildings, to be more friendly, neighborly and polite. Very like the Queen of Cups, however, he’s too soft and sentimental. No matter how prodigal the son, this father will always bail the kid out. About his family, it is almost impossible to make him see reason.

Putting this together with my impressions, I come away from this draw feeling that the king represents God, a grace-giving, waiting God.  Do I have the courage to go to Him?

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