Queen (or Kings) of Cups Examples?
Dec. 13th, 2010 06:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosDoes anyone have any examples of positive portrayals of the mature Cups archetype in popular or classical storytelling? As most of you know, my relationship with Water has been ambivalent, and due to some recent input I'm working more consciously on changing that.
Unfortunately -- with all due respect to my friends here who identify with that archetype -- the examples that leap to mind where Water people are concerned tend to be negative. My sister's Water aspects drive me nuts, as have Michael's. When I think of characters, the person who comes to mind first is Medea: a sorceress so overwhelmed with jealousy and helplessness that murder is the only thing she can come up with to "fix" her situation.
So far, the best positive examples I can come up with are Sally Owens from Practical Magic (Sandra Bullock's character in the movie version) -- who seems to have a strong balance of Earth, and the traditional version of Guinevere. (Although I prefer the Queen of Wands version in Parke Godwin's Beloved Exile.)
Attractive Kings of Cups are even harder for me to come up with, although there are probably plenty of Knights I could name. . .
Ideas?
(P.S.: Don't bother mentioning Morgaine in Mists of Avalon. I can't stand her!)
Unfortunately -- with all due respect to my friends here who identify with that archetype -- the examples that leap to mind where Water people are concerned tend to be negative. My sister's Water aspects drive me nuts, as have Michael's. When I think of characters, the person who comes to mind first is Medea: a sorceress so overwhelmed with jealousy and helplessness that murder is the only thing she can come up with to "fix" her situation.
So far, the best positive examples I can come up with are Sally Owens from Practical Magic (Sandra Bullock's character in the movie version) -- who seems to have a strong balance of Earth, and the traditional version of Guinevere. (Although I prefer the Queen of Wands version in Parke Godwin's Beloved Exile.)
Attractive Kings of Cups are even harder for me to come up with, although there are probably plenty of Knights I could name. . .
Ideas?
(P.S.: Don't bother mentioning Morgaine in Mists of Avalon. I can't stand her!)
