Kupaların Uşağı (Servant of Cups)

A little bit of Turkish: Balık (Fish), Baş (Head)


Balık baştan kokar.


A fish stinks from the head.
Turkish Proverb


The image on the left is from a 1910 pack of tarot cards produced by Pamela Colman Smith for Arthur Edward Waite. For a modern reproduction I recommend the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set.

Other names for the Page of Cups in Turkish decks: Kupa Prensi - Prince of Cups

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Tılsımlar Uşağı - (The Servant of Talismans)

A little bit of Turkish: Para (Money) Kul (Servant, Slave, Man (as creature in relation to God), Devotee) 

The image on the left is from a 1910 pack of tarot cards produced by Pamela Colman Smith for Arthur Edward Waite. For a modern reproduction I recommend the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set.

Varsa pulun olurum kulun; yoksa pulun kapidir yolun.

If you have money*, I am your devoted servant; if not, there's the gate to the road.
Turkish Proverb
*pul : lit. stamp, small round disc.




Other names for Page of Coins in Turkish:
Para Prensi - Prince of Money


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Kılıçlar'ın Dokuzu (nine of swords)

A little bit of Turkish: Kılıç (sword) Dokuz (nine)

Doğru söyleyeni dokuz köyden kovarlar.

Speak the truth, and be dismissed from nine villages.
Turkish Proverb


The image on the left is from a 1910 pack of the Tarot cards produced by Pamela Colman Smith and Arthur Edward Waite. For a modern reproduction I recommend the Pamela Colman Smith Commemorative Set

Please feel free to use the comments to add your own reflections upon this card and how it may be read.