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Well, the King is the adept one, and the suit of cups has to do with the emotional realm. So, what can we learn here? How can I be a little more like the King of Cups even when existing amongst shadowy Emperors? Making me examine myself instead of just constantly projecting shit onto other people. A lot of the discourse in the highest echelons of society is the opposite of diplomatic.īut tarot has this annoying way of being like “well, you can’t really control what other people do so maybe let’s think about how you can best process your own energy and then possibly you’ll show up in a way that inspires other people to transform as well.” I mean, here in the US, we have a president who has normalized being (excuse my somewhat undiplomatic language) a hateful asshole who is constantly pouring gasoline on the fire of division. My first impulse is to get very defensive about how OTHER people aren’t being diplomatic. What does diplomacy look like? Why is it important? In what ways have I been refusing to heed the wisdom of this card, hence causing it to show up for me again and again? So that’s how I got here, thinking about what it means to be diplomatic. So when I draw a court card, I tend to begin by asking “in what ways am I currently aligned with this aspect of my personality? Is it helping or hurting? How can I better bring forward the useful aspects of this card within myself?”
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I see the court cards as representing specific aspects of personality. (Merriam-Webster)ĭiplomacy: the art of dealing with people in a sensitive and effective way. Here’s the part where I do that clichè sharing the dictionary definition of a word thing, but I think it’s actually fruitful here so bear with me.ĭiplomacy: skill in dealing with others without causing bad feelings. This has always stuck with me and is a key part of how I understand this card. When I began learning tarot, one of the keywords I learned for the King of Cups is diplomatic. I’ve drawn the Elder of Cups (known in most decks as the King of Cups) as my card of the day twice this week.