Princess of Cups is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Cups in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of sweetness, imagination, sensitivity and dream. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Malkuth, the element Water and Celestial quadrant of Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius; throne of the Ace in astrology.
sweetness · imagination · sensitivity · dream · gentleness
What does Princess of Cups mean?
Welcome the dreams and messages of the unconscious: nourish your sensitivity and give it a creative form.
Everyday meaning
A sweet, dreamy and gentle young person, or a new emotional or creative beginning that arises in silence. It points to affectionate messages, fantasy, artistic sensitivity and at times mediumistic intuitions.
Psychological meaning
The tender, imaginative part of yourself, able to dream and to be moved; a rich inner world that asks to be protected and, at the same time, to express itself.
Initiatic meaning
Earth of Water, the final He of He, referred to Malkuth: water that crystallises and takes form. Throne of the Ace of Cups, she rules the celestial quadrant of Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, where the Mother's receptivity becomes body and image.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, she is selfish, lazy, capricious, shut into fantasies that estrange her from others.
Princess of Cups reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Emotional immaturity, misplaced fantasies, laziness; or sensitivity stifled for fear of judgement.
Princess of Cups in love, work and spirit
In love
Tenderness, sincere affection, a young love or a gentler way of loving.
At work and career
Creativity, new ideas, artistic or caring work; a talent still to be grown.
In spiritual practice
Sweetness as the door of grace and sacred imagination.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Princess of Cups
Malkuth · Water · Celestial quadrant of Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius; throne of the Ace
Crowley on Princess of Cups
In the Thoth deck the Princess dances among the waves, with a swan crown, a dolphin and a shell from which a turtle emerges: the fantasy and sweetness of water incarnate.
Frequently asked questions
What does Princess of Cups mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Welcome the dreams and messages of the unconscious: nourish your sensitivity and give it a creative form.
What does Princess of Cups mean in love?
Tenderness, sincere affection, a young love or a gentler way of loving.
What does Princess of Cups mean for work and career?
Creativity, new ideas, artistic or caring work; a talent still to be grown.
What does Princess of Cups mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Emotional immaturity, misplaced fantasies, laziness; or sensitivity stifled for fear of judgement.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Princess of Cups?
In the Golden Dawn system Princess of Cups corresponds to the sephirah Malkuth, the element Water and Celestial quadrant of Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius; throne of the Ace in astrology.
