From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
King of Cups
Meanings
The champion. A deeply caring fatherly figure. He is strong and loyal, and very protective of those he loves. He is creative, but also very practical and likely to be successful in his field.
Reversed (?)
Pent up emotions. An frustrating inability to understand or articulate feelings. Self harm, or seeking destructive distractions instead of resolving a problem.
Description
A mature man in a black satin and fur robe sits at a table. A large pie decorated with a crown sits before him, broken open to reveal a mélange of fruit. He leans on a plinth on which a few seashells are scattered. His red beard and hair are flecked with grey, and he is smiling.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych, c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Blue curtain, wall: POURBUS, Frans the Younger, Henry IV, King of France in Armour, 1500s, Musée du Louvre, Paris.
- Man: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, Charles de Solier, Lord of Morette, 1534-35, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.
- Table: HEEM, Jan Davidsz. de, Still Life of Books, 1628, Mauritshuis, The Hague.
- Royal pie: UTRECHT, Adriaen van, Still Life, 1644, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Shells: GHEYN, Jacob de II, Neptune and Amphitrite, 1600s, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne.
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