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The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 156

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      PRINCESS OF CUPS        The Princess of Cups represents the earthy part of Water; in particular, the faculty of  crystallization. She represents the power of Water to give substance to idea, to support life,  and to form the basis of chemical combination. She is represented as a dancing figure, robed  in a flowing garment on whose edges crystals are seen to form.    For her crest she wears a swan with open wings. The symbolism of this swan reminds  one of the swan in oriental philosophy which is the word AUM or AUMGN, which is the symbol  of the entire process of creation.1    She bears a covered cup from which issues a tortoise. This is again the tortoise which  in Hindu philosophy supports the elephant on whose back is the Universe. She is dancing  upon a foaming sea in which disports himself a dolphin, the royal fish, which symbolizes the  power of Creation.    The character of the Princess is infinitely gracious. All sweetness, all voluptuousness,  gentleness, kindness and tenderness are in her character. She lives in the world of Romance,  in the perpetual dream of rapture. On a superficial examination she might be thought selfish  and indolent, but this is a quite false impression; silently and effortlessly she goes about her  work. 
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