Prince of Cups

Titles: The Prince of the Chariots of the Waters; Prince and Emperor of the Nymphs or Undines
Element: Air of Water
Astrology: 20° Libra - 20° Scorpio (♎ ♏ ♏ = 4 of Swords, 5 of Cups, 6 of Cups)
Time: 13 October - 12 November

Symbols/Colours:

he is a warrior partly clad in armour, which seems, however, rather a growth than a covering;
his helmet is surmounted by an eagle, and his chariot, which resembles a shell, is also drawn by an eagle;
his wings are tenuous, almost of gas; this is a reference to his power of volatilization understood in the spiritual sense;
in his right hand he bears a Lotus flower, sacred to the element of Water, and in his left hand is a cup from which issues a serpent;
the third totem, the scorpion, is not shewn in the picture, for the putrefaction which it represents is an extremely secret process;
beneath his chariot is the calm and stagnant water of a lake upon which rain falls heavily.

Personality:

the moral characteristics of the person pictured in this card are subtlety, secret violence, and craft;
he is intensely secret, an artist in all his ways;
on the surface he appears calm and imperturbie, but this is a mask of the most intense passion;
he is on the surface susceptible to external influences, but he accepts them only to transmute them to the advantage of his secret designs;
he is thus completely without conscience in the ordinary sense of the word, and is therefore usually distrusted by his neighbours. They feel they do not, and can never, understand him;
thus he inspires unreasonable fear. He is in fact perfectly ruthless;
he cares intensely for power, wisdom, and his own aims;
he feels no responsibility to others, and although his abilities are so immense, he cannot be relied upon to work in harness.