CUPS:
- Represented by the element of WATER
- emotions, creativity, intuition, relationships
- fluid, agile, but also powerful and formative
- can be soft and gentle, like waves, or powerful like a raging river
- symbolic of fluidity, feelings and emotions, intuition, relationships, healing and cleansing
- receptive, adaptable, purifying and flowing
- indicate you are thinking with your heart rather than your head
- reflects spontaneous responses and habitual reactions to situations
- linked to creativity, romanticism, fantasy and imagination
- negative aspects include being overly emotional, completely disengaged and dispassionate, having unrealistic expectations and fantasizing about what life could be
- emotional, artistic, humane and creative
- connected with emotional selves and will draw energy from what they feel within
- corresponds to HEARTS in a deck of playing cards
ACE OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- love
- compassion, intimacy
- new relationships, creativity
- using emotional force
- getting in touch with your feelings, letting your heart lead the way, empathizing with others, expressing deep feelings
- developing intuition
- trusting your inner voice, responding to messages from within, enhancing your psychic awareness, getting in tune with yourself, going with your gut reaction
- experiencing intimacy
- feeling an attraction grow, falling in love, establishing a bond with someone, developing a relationship, getting close to someone
- proceeding with love
- expressing affection, opening yourself to others, responding sympathetically, giving to those in need, getting rid of negativity, forgiving and forgetting
- emptiness, blocked creativity
- self-love, intuition, repressed emotions
- love seeping away
- setting emotional boundaries
- lost or unrequited love
- change in a relationship from romantic to routine
TWO OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- connection
- partnership, attraction
- unified love, partnership and mutual attraction
- making a connection
- celebrating a marriage or union, cementing a friendship, establishing a partnership, working together, sharing, helping and being helped
- calling a truce
- healing a severed relationship, bringing together opposites, letting bygones be bygones, coming to an agreement, declaring peace
- acknowledging an attraction
- recognizing a bond is developing, accepting your preferences, letting yourself be drawn in, moving forward, feeling a positive response
- tension and broken communication
- a need for self love
- breakups, disharmony, distrust
- obstacles to love
- losing contact and separation
THREE OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- community
- friendship
- celebration, creativity, collaborations
- feeling exuberant
- bursting with energy, celebrating, overflowing with high spirits, feeling on top of the world, dancing and singing, putting yourself out there
- enjoying friendship
- getting together with people you like, extending or receiving hospitality, sharing, finding companions, trusting others, relying on outside help
- valuing community
- developing a team spirit, working together, uniting with others, forming a group bond, helping each other, discovering a common goal
- gossip and isolation
- a need for independence or alone time
- overindulgence and partying
- “three’s a crowd”
- feeling disenchanted with close friends
- lack of support or cooperation
FOUR OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- apathy
- contemplation
- meditation, contemplation, re-evaluation
- being self-absorbed
- on your own feelings, wanting for yourself, being unaware of others, withholding affection, seeing only your point of view
- feeling apathetic
- passively accepting, losing interest, feeling disengaged, making little effort, finding life stale and flat, lacking motivation and feeling little desire
- going within
- being introspective, meditating, dreaming, contemplating, pausing to reflect, getting lost in reverie, withdrawing from involvement, losing outer awareness
- retreat, withdrawal
- feeling uninspired and disillusioned
- being disappointed in the world around you
- reluctance to open your heart to someone or express your true feelings
- restlessness
FIVE OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- loss
- regret, bereavement
- failure, disappointment and pessimism
- suffering a loss
- letting go of hope, experiencing a setback, being defeated, saying goodbye
- feeling bereft
- breaking up a relationship, feeling deprived of love, longing to be reunited, grieving, feeling sorrow
- feeling regret
- being disappointed by events, crying over spilled milk, wanting to turn back the clock, wishing for what might have been, believing you made the wrong choice, acknowledging mistakes
- finding peace and moving on
- personal setbacks
- self forgiveness
- lessening of grief
- acceptance
SIX OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- innocence
- nostalgia
- revisiting the past, childhood memories, joy
- experiencing good will
- acting kindly or charitably, doing good, sharing what you have, receiving a gift, feeling blessed
- enjoying innocence
- feeling simple contentment, surrounding yourself with goodness, being blissfully unaware, having a clear conscience, shunning corruption, appreciating simple joys
- focusing on childhood
- being with a child, feeling carefree, being taken care of, feeling nostalgic, indulging in play, enjoying youthful activity
- independence, leaving home
- living in the past
- failure to live in the present
- forgiveness
SEVEN OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- options
- illusion, fantasy, imagination
- opportunities, choices, wishful thinking, illusion
- indulging in wishful thinking
- creating fantasies, dreaming, getting caught up in illusions, letting your imagination run wild, building castles in the air, waiting for your ship to come in, lacking focus and commitment, avoiding putting ideas to the test
- having many options
- being offered many alternatives, facing an array of choices, believing in limitless possibilities, getting to pick and choose
- falling into dissipation
- overindulging, letting everything go, becoming disorganized and excessive, neglecting your health, entering into addictive patterns, being inclined to indolence, being lazy and procrastinating
- confusion, lack of purpose
- alignment, personal values
- being overwhelmed by choices
- surmounting feelings of doubt and confusion
- making a proactive choice
- trusting your feelings
EIGHT OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- escapism, disappointment
- abandonment, withdrawal
- seeking deeper meaning
- focusing on personal truth, looking for answers, concentrating on what’s important, starting a journey of discovery, finding out the facts
- moving on
- realizing the current cycle is over, abandoning a hopeless situation, starting a trip of unknown length, letting go, finishing up and walking away
- growing weary
- feeling drained by demands, dragging through the day, feeling tired and listless, lacking energy, losing hope, getting weighed down by worries and becoming burnt out
- avoidance, fear of change
- trying one more time
- indecision
- aimless drifting, walking away
NINE OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- satisfaction
- comfort, satisfaction
- contentment, gratitude
- having your wish fulfilled
- achieving what you desire, obtaining your goal, getting what you think you want, having your dream come true
- feeling satisfied
- indulging in a little smugness, enjoying the situation as it is, feeling pleased, getting the results you hoped for, feeling that all is well with the world
- enjoying sensual pleasure
- experiencing luxury, savoring a delicious meal, appreciating the arts, relaxing, experiencing beauty
- lack of joy
- lacking inner happiness
- missing something in your life
- materialism, dissatisfaction, indulgence
TEN OF CUPS
UPRIGHT:
- family
- happiness, alignment
- divine love, blissful relationships, harmony, alignment
- feeling joy
- embracing happiness, radiating love, delighting in good fortune, counting your blessings, expressing delight
- enjoying peace
- experiencing serenity, restoring harmony, doing away with hostilities, feeling content and at ease, calling a truce, relaxing
- looking to family
- working for peace in the home, reaffirming a family commitment, supporting a relative in need, bonding with family members, forgiving someone in the family
- shattered dreams and broken family
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