We meet the Queen on the night of a full moon.
Her robes are intricately stitched and decorated with swirls of Celtic art - this is someone who loves the arts and is imaginative and creative herself. It is Autumn, the end of October, yet she does not seem aware of the chill in the air - one bare foot is dipped into the waters of the loch that she stands beside.
With her eyes closed, she holds aloft her goblet, the full moon rising above it like a shimmering bubble.
Behind her we see her throne, a snake - a traditional symbol of healing. Beside her robe, on the rock a shining black-bodied beetle. Beetles are common symbols in many shamanic cultures - they represent strength (if horned) shamanic power (if they can fly) and connection with the earth (they burrow)
The Queen is a woman fully illuminated by the powers of the Goddess and of the Sacred Feminine. She is a comfortable, confident navigator of our emotional terrain - perhaps a teacher, a therapist, a counsellor, a mother. A Queen of Cups person - whether male or female - has the ability to connect, on an almost supranatural level, with other people (and creatures).
If the Queen energy is unhealthy, this can represent an emotional black-mailer, a manipulative emotional vampire.
The Queen asks us:
Do you accept your connection with the Sacred Feminine?
Can you empathise with those who suffer?
How are you expressing your creative soul?
#druidcraft #tarot (Ali)
