Cups

Ace of Cups

• Romance is in the cards
• A new relationship or marriage is just around the corner
• Prayers are answered

• intuition
• spirituality
• affection
• motivation

Upright

• Trusting your feelings
• Opening yourself to spirit
• Accepting and returning affection
• Getting in touch with what motivates you
• Taking advantage of an opportunity to express love to others
• Listening to the still, small voice

Reversed

• Hiding your feelings
• Spurning an opportunity to love or be loved
• Numbing yourself to spiritual yearnings
• Rejecting the counsel of your heart
• Becoming a puppet of your own emotions
• Indulging in hysteria or obsession

Two of Cups

• Someone has a secret crush on you
• Relationships should be mutual; get rid of a leech

• union
• attraction
• combination
• affection

Upright

• Being drawn to someone
• Longing for someone or something
• Acting on your desires
• Discovering a feeling is mutual
• Doing what makes you feel good
• Merging
• Healing broken ties
• Admitting two people feel differently about each other and moving on

Reversed

• Burning bridges
• Becoming caught up in unhealthy codependency
• Shutting out anyone but your chosen few
• Obsessing on someone who does not return your affections
• Despairing over finding "The One"
• Deceiving yourself about your true orientation

Three of Cups

• Unconventional romance is coming your way: a love affair with someone you've always dismissed

• celebration
• expression
• community
• friendliness

Upright

• Celebrating your feelings or connections with others
• Expressing joy through song, dance, or physical affection
• Working together with others who share your feelings
• Performing acts of service as a way of saying, "I love you"
• Embracing unconventional romantic arrangements

Reversed

• Mistaking giddiness for true affection
• Being dominated by manic emotions
• Expecting everyone to always feel the same way you do
• Demanding unreasonable support from friends or family
• Partying to a dangerous or unhealthy extent

Four of Cups

• A lover is getting restless
• Find out what he or she needs, or new opportunities may lure your partner away

• boredom
• listlessness
• lethargy
• stability
• ingratitude

Upright

• Maintaining your emotional stability
• Refusing to give in to overwhelming emotions
• Appreciating what you have and refusing to take it for granted
• Seeing the value of long-term commitments

Reversed

• Being bored
• Daydreaming at the expense of your work
• Refusing to be engaged by opportunity
• Taking people and relationships for granted
• Ignoring romantic or spiritual opportunities
• Spurning inspiration
• Feeling everything should stay "just like it is"

Five of Cups

• A breakup looms
• Don't cry over spilt milk
• Take your lumps and get back in the saddle

• loss
• despair
• re-evaluation
• regret
• uncertainty
• repentance

Upright

• Acknowledging loss and moving on
• Focusing on how the glass remains "half-full"
• Finding the silver lining in a dark cloud
• Recognizing that loss is a natural part of life
• Embracing healthy grief
• Learning lessons from harsh consequences

Reversed

• Wallowing in unhealthy grief or self-pity
• Refusing to move on and let go
• Clinging to the past
• Obsessing on past lives and past loves
• Failing to live in the present
• Beating yourself up over past mistakes
• Allowing fear of failure to limit your efforts

Six of Cups

• A stingy spirit is strangling your enjoyment of life
• Loosen up and think of others for once, why don't you?

• charity
• sharing
• sacrifice
• cooperation
• fairness

Upright

• Donating your time and talents to others
• Taking satisfaction in knowing how your efforts will aid others
• Creating a "win-win" scenario
• Giving even when you know repayment is not possible
• Being motivated to do a good deed

Reversed

• Linking your sense of self-worth to the appraisals of others
• Striving to appear more needy than you really are
• Taking undeserved or unmerited charity
• Bragging about your charitable efforts
• Profiteering in times of distress
• Refusing to share a burden

Seven of Cups

• You're being fed a line
• Rather than be dazzled by fancy words and promises, demand something real

• imagination
• dreams
• illusions
• goals

Upright

• Motivating yourself with images of future success
• Using visualization to encourage progress
• Taking an imaginative or creative approach to problem solving
• Making dreams come true
• Gleaning insight from personal visions

Reversed

• Obsessing on imaginary fears or uncertain consequences
• Giving in to emotional or political terrorism
• Spending more time dreaming than working
• Failing to envision the possible repercussions of your choices
• Being controlled by fear

Eight of Cups

• Someone's "stepping out" on you, now or in the near future
• Maybe it's time to quit talking about the problem and just move on

• longing
• dissatisfaction
• quest
• departure
• withdrawal

Upright

• Wanting something better
• Blazing your own trail
• Realizing there must be more to life
• Leaving an unhealthy situation behind
• Starting your own business
• Going on a retreat
• Seeking the "still, small voice"

Reversed

• Being implacable
• Finding fault
• Nitpicking
• Refusing to settle down
• Running away from problems or confrontations
• Saying, "It's my way or the highway!"
• Harping on past mistakes and disappointments
• Threatening to quit as a strategy to get your way

Nine of Cups

• Whatever you want, you'll get it

• satisfaction
• sensuality
• luxury
• pleasure

Upright

• Being delighted with your own achievements
• Recognizing your own talents and abilities
• Reveling in the good things life has to offer
• Indulging yourself
• Relaxing and unwinding
• Having everything you need in order to feel complete

Reversed

• Being smug
• Satisfying yourself at the expense of others
• Being selfish
• Over-indulging
• Avoiding work that needs to be done
• Claiming achievements or skills you do not possess
• Never being satisfied, no matter how much you have

Ten of Cups

• Marriage and family are in the cards
• Expect a friendship to blossom into a romance

• joy
• fulfillment
• overwhelming emotion
• giddiness

Upright

• Having more than you ever dreamed
• Being deeply thankful for all you've been given
• Recognizing the Hand of God in the gifts the Universe brings your way
• Experiencing transcendent joy
• Achieving domestic bliss

Reversed

• Comparing your achievements or relationships to unrealistic fantasy standards
• Experiencing emotions so intense they blunt your ability to cope with reality
• Feeling overwhelmed
• Envying the achievements and happiness of others

Page of Cups

• This card represents a young man or woman with a watery, dreamy demeanor, likely born a Libra, Scorpio, or Sagittarius, who wants to start a new relationship with you

• enthusiasm
• first impressions
• romanticism
• superficiality

Upright

• Showing your emotions freely
• Throwing yourself into romance
• Nursing a secret crush
• Indulging in romantic fantasy
• Starting a new relationship
• Recalling your first love
• Experiencing love for the first time
• Converting to a new religion

Reversed

• Mistaking a crush for true love
• Reading romantic intention into innocent action
• Frantically trying to impress others
• Indulging in overly-sweet sentimentality
• Pretending to more romantic or spiritual experience than you possess

Knight of Cups

• This card represents a man with an emotional, sensitive personality, likely born between October 13th and November 11th, who wants you to rally around his latest passionate cause

• fervor
• zeal
• moodiness
• illumination

Upright

• Being deeply committed to a cause
• Giving in to strong emotions, from excitement to depression
• Acting on intuition alone
• Solving problems intuitively
• Believing in and basing decisions on ideals instead of realities
• Bringing intuition or passion to the table

Reversed

• Becoming a fanatic
• Rejecting information that suggests your intuitions are misguided
• Allowing your emotions to control you
• Giving in to jealousy, confrontation, and peer pressure
• Hiding or ignoring intuitive insights

Queen of Cups

• This card represents a woman with an emotional, deeply spiritual nature, likely born between June 11th and July 11th, who uses emotional and spiritual appeals to sway others to her point of view

• insightfulness
• spirituality
• compassion
• empathy
• instinct

Upright

• Allowing yourself to be moved by the plight of others
• Feeling strong emotions
• Possessing unusual sympathy or empathy
• Trusting your feelings to guide you
• Calling on psychic abilities
• Achieving unity with Spirit

Reversed

• Becoming so caught up in matters of Spirit, you become detached from the world
• Allowing empathy to disable you (instead of inspire action)
• Using psychic abilities to wield covert influence
• Wallowing in emotionalism, sentiment, or self-pity

King of Cups

• This card represents an older man with a gentle, sensitive presence, likely born between February 9th and March 10th, who is known for his fairness and tolerance

• wisdom
• diplomacy
• restraint
• composure

Upright

• Keeping a stiff upper lip
• Being brave and clear in the fAce of adverse circumstances
• Sharing experience as a way of comforting others
• Making fair and empathetic decisions
• Honoring the spirit, not just the letter, of the law

Reversed

• Allowing yourself to become rigid and unemotional
• Making unfair decisions based on a hidden agenda
• Making decisions without regard for their emotional impact on others
• Abusing spiritual authority
• Using emotional or spiritual leverage to exercise unhealthy control over others