Summer: Solar Plexus Chakra: The Ace of Cups: Cancer: Sacred Measure – The Number One By Alchemist Iris Chapman Summer is traditionally celebrated as a season of peak expression—a time of long days, vibrant warmth, and outward abundance. We are encouraged to expand, to achieve, and to bask in the fullness of life. Yet, before […]
Category: Cups
King of Cups: The Throne Over the Sea of Persona
By Alchemist Iris Chapman The Soul’s Encounter with the Card The King of Cups does not merely sit beside the water, nor does he travel upon a distant shore. His throne is erected directly upon the open sea. The rolling swells churn around his stone pedestal. A sea-creature leaps through the spray on one side; […]
Continue reading King of Cups: The Throne Over the Sea of Persona
Queen of Cups: The Cup of Emotional Sovereignty
By Alchemist Iris Chapman The Soul’s Encounter with the Card The Queen of Cups sits beside the moving waters. The tides are neither absent nor frozen, and they do not need to be artificially stilled to ensure her safety. She balances an elaborate, covered chalice in her hands, giving it her total, undivided focus. This […]
Continue reading Queen of Cups: The Cup of Emotional Sovereignty
Knight of Cups: The Offering of the Lifeblood
By Alchemist Iris Chapman The Soul’s Encounter with the Card The Page discovered something alive within his cup. The Knight carries it into the field. He is mounted now. Purpose has ceased to be an internal contemplation; it has become directional velocity. Yet observe what rests in his hand: not a blade, not a shield, […]
Continue reading Knight of Cups: The Offering of the Lifeblood