So, I pulled the King of Cups today, and it’s such a good card.
King of Cups is one hundred percent Sérisse d’Argelonne:
The Mature expression of the water element
Emotion, intuition, empathy, imagination, memory, sensitivity, love, and the subconscious
Unlike the Page of Cups (Pierre-Aurelian), Knight of Cups (Charlestre and Charon), or Queen of Cups (Athenais) , the King carries a strong sense of both containment and command. Rather than eliminating emotion; he governs it ( or She governs it, as Sérisse is Le Roi but identifies as She/Her).
In tarot, usually King of Cups shows up when the lesson is, “do not suppress your feelings, but keep in mind they do not get to make every decision.”
He is emotional depth with structure.
However, the main thing to take away from the King of Cups is that He is:
- compassionate without becoming self-sacrificing to a point of toxicity
- emotionally available without becoming overwhelmed/overwhelming
- intuitive without becoming irrational/keeping his footing grounded
- loving without becoming possessive; love without conditions
- sensitive without becoming fragile
- calm without being detached
- strong without becoming cold
Sérisse is all of the above, and like the King of Cups, she has been through enough emotionally to understand longing, grief, love, fear, disappointment, attachment, and vulnerability. She is Le Roi not just because of her lineage and birthright, but because she has experienced all of the above rather than avoiding them.
More often than not, Sérisse is seen by those outside of her family as cold, ruthless, calculating, dismissive. She is none of those things; she loves and feels deeply, but she also doesn’t have time for bullshit or games. She values actions that match the words being said.
Gorgons are born of the sea; Sérisse sits calmly on the throne while the ocean is allowed to move around her.
Okay, maybe calmly isn’t the correct word to use when describing Sérisse.
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