Since we are in an epidemic of narcissim....as in a "Narcissistic Personality Disorder" ... I am curious which cards you consider as implicating a narcissistic personality. I have encountered it as the Knight of Cups, and also the King of Cups, and I'm considering making it an aspect of the Chariot. Does anyone else have thoughts on this?
I'd say that VI Wands in a negative sense might refer to certain narcissistic traits, i.e. inflated sense of self importance and the need/want to be praised.
Most strongly the king of cups rx but also the Knight of cups rx can be a narcissist or drug induced personality.
5S rx carries the most serious anti social personalities some of which may incorporate delusions of grandeur.
The magician rx could suggest narcissism because he's schizophrenic, as with Bi-polar - fool rx there's a strong element of narcissism.
Devil rx could hint at it and 9C rx comes to mind as a possibility.
The Moon rx also for mental illness and there are many more I'm sure.
Honestly, I most think King/Wands Rx as narcissistic; but for upright cards I don't think any of them express that individually - Any of the courts paired with the Star or Judgment perhaps - with other more negative cards in the read.
I agree with the King and Knight of Cups since they can be self-indulgent and a bit weak-willed. I wouldn't limit it to reversed since I think its part of the fabric of their being, although reversal or "ill-dignity" can give it the upper hand. While he didn't use the term narcissistic, Aleister Crowley made it plain he thought they were vulnerable, with words like self-absorbed; easily flattered; sensual; idle; superficial; addiction-prone; opportunist; impressionable; lacking depth. I think, though, that it's a "quieter" form of narcissism; the narcissists I know tend to be boisterous and larger-than life; they're overflowing with exaggerated self-love and they don't care who knows it. Now it has a clinical diagnoses; previously we just called it being a "self-impressed ass."
Another one that comes to mind is the insufferably smug-looking man in some versions of the 9 of Cups. The Page of Cups also seems like a bit of a "poseur," putting on airs, but it may be the innocence of the actor more than a cynical flaunting of self-styled superiority.
