Mentor of Cups
Guiding words/ideas:
Engaging with or emulating one with great emotional agility, caution to not be too serious with emotional work (can lose the beauty), experiencing feelings as fluid and wave-like, allowing for full emotional connection without getting lost.
Channeled Wisdom:
This mentor has a very serious expression, for they are involved in what they consider to be very serious work: the controlling of emotion and flow. Being the Mentors of Cups, they are working with the element of water. They are very skilled in working with this element, and they are open to teaching others, working with others, and sharing their magic and agility in this form.
There is a caution in working with or even emulating this mentor: do not become too serious about the work at hand. If you get overly controlling with emotions, you can lose your beauty and changeability.
In their balance of fragility and power, emotions can be very much like waves. They build, they crash, they come, they go, they replenish. We feel this process and progression when we open ourselves to emotions. Be mindful to not let them run too freely or to over-identify with them, for one’s emotions can rule one’s life and way of being.
So this mentor, when in balance, is able to work with this fluid form in a way that brings balance and acceptance and also has room for the depth, murkiness, confusion, and incredible power that can come with full emotional expression.
It is an exciting field to be involved in—to be in a dance with one’s emotions, to be open to the compelling flow while still keeping one’s feet firmly on the ground. The Mentor of Cups has the capability to do this. Your instincts can guide you towards others who have these incredible skills. And it is a difficult but worthy goal to work towards having this kind of emotional agility and connection.
Plant and metal guidance:
Chokeberry (dark purple triangle in upper right corner): Our energy expands and contracts as needed, and we encourage you to do the same. We offer a rich balm for your wounds and a burst of energy to be used when you need it.
Madder root (dark, warm brown skin): We are warm and gentle, and we hold and assist you as your tempo slows.
Logwood (Blues in shirt): Our color connects outwardly but its source lies deep within. We assist you in reaching inside yourself to find strength and beauty.
Iron oxide/Rust (dark orange of cup/bowl): I connect you to the core of the planet from whence I come. My energy is strong and solid.
Copper oxide (light blue water/energy swirling out of cup/bowl): I magnify the properties of whatever plants I touch or impact.
Magical Nature Tarot 