She sits at the water's edge gazing into an ornate lidded cup with handles like angels.Queen of CupsShe sits in a flowering bower cradling a pentacle in her lap, looking down at it.Queen of Pentacles

Card combination

Queen of Cups and Queen of Pentacles

Care in feeling and care in practice, which the tradition treats as the most nourishing pair in the deck. Water and earth again, at the rank that understands both. One notices what somebody needs and the other has already arranged it.

Together

Care in feeling and care in practice, which the tradition treats as the most nourishing pair in the deck. Water and earth again, at the rank that understands both. One notices what somebody needs and the other has already arranged it.

In love

Associated with being properly looked after. Read as unglamorous and as the thing most people actually want.

In career

Support work of every kind, and the people who make an organisation habitable. Frequently read for roles that do not appear on an org chart.

The advice

Both Queens give and neither is good at asking. The pairing is a reliable prompt to check what the person doing the caring is currently receiving.

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