Thirteen said:
The positive in this combo is that the emotional (Queen/Cups) is supported by the pragmatic/solid (King/Pents) and vice versa. So the person's feeling are both realistic yet deeply emotional; they can have romantic dreams, but they will be tempered with common sense. This is a good balance, as they check each other. The king's pragmatism is checked by the queen's empathy, and the queen's dreaminess is checked by the king's realism.
King & Queen also indicates a maturity in both emotions and practicality.
I'd say they were good cards to pull given the question. These two, however, do indicate a lack of energy of fire in the person's feelings. It's not just the missing wands suit, but the fact that both water and earth put out fires. The Queen/Cups can be depressed in her emotions, the King/Pents too practical and not warm enough.
So, in the negative you may need to watch out that this person may have feelings that are on the gloomy side, not warm and bright. It rather depends on what you're after from this person. If you're not interested in hot passion, then these two cards could be very good--but if hot passion is what you're after, well, it ain't there.
Thank you Thirteen, this was exactly the kind of discussion I was aiming at
You're so right about the gloominess, because he does tend to be moody. However -and I hope this doesn't ruin the thread in terms of 'rules'- but does it help with the fire if I tell you the next and last card was the Page of Wands? Its a young card, but its a very energetic one. It kind of looks, in terms of imagery, more like the Knight of Wands in typical RWS type decks then the page. So, I was happy to see that because the page was pointing towards the King and Queen.
"The positive in this combo is that the emotional (Queen/Cups) is supported by the pragmatic/solid (King/Pents) and vice versa. So the person's feeling are both realistic yet deeply emotional; they can have romantic dreams, but they will be tempered with common sense. This is a good balance, as they check each other. The king's pragmatism is checked by the queen's empathy, and the queen's dreaminess is checked by the king's realism."
Wicked, this is what I was thinking too. And seeing you write it out, it makes SO much sense when applied to the people in question
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When I saw this combo I also thought it was nice, because the King and Queen are clearly different but they're not polar opposites. Like, if it was the King of Cups and the Queen of Wands. I'm sure that could work depending on the other personality traits of the two people involved, but it makes me think that the King would always put out the crazy energetic fire of the Queen, and eventually she'd get bored and annoyed.