Cups - Minor Arcana
Cups - Minor Arcana
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Cups - Minor Arcana
 Normal - Love and creativity Reversed - Emotional upheaval Keywords - great abundance, fulfilment, perfection, joy, fertility, opulence, fullness, happiness, the ultimate of love and happiness Two of Cups  Normal - Partnership and commitment Reversed - Emotional imbalance Keywords - love, friendship, beginning or renewed, passion, union, engagement, co-operation, partnership, marriage Three of Cups  Normal - Celebration and renewal Reversed - Over the top Keywords - resolution of a problem, conclusion, fulfilment, solace, healing Four of Cups  Normal - Emotional re-evaluation Reversed - Fear of being alone Keywords - weariness, aversion, disgust, disappointment, unhappiness, bitter experience Five of Cups  Normal - Something lost and something gained Reversed - Cautious hope Keywords - partial loss, regret, friendship without real meaning, marriage without real love, imperfection, flaw, inheritance Six of Cups  Normal - Happy memories Reversed - Cutting the cords Keywords - memories, past influences, things that have vanished, childhood passed, nostalgia Seven of Cups  Normal - All that glitters is not gold Reversed - Dangerous delusions Keywords - fantasy, unrealistic attitudes, imagination, daydreams, foolish whims Eight of Cups  Normal - Moving away Reversed - Fantasy and depression Keywords - discontinuance of effort, disappointment, abandonment of previous plans, shyness, modesty Nine of Cups  Normal - Fulfilment and well-being Reversed - Beware of feeling smug Keywords - success, material attainment, well-being, abundance, good health Ten of Cups  Normal - Lasting spiritual happiness Reversed - Disruption Keywords - happiness, joy, pleasure, peace, love, contentment, good family life Page/Princess/Maiden of Cups  Normal - Increased intuition Reversed - Mirage Abstract - Awareness and emotion Keywords - loyal and helpful person, studious and intent person, reflective, meditative, loyal, willing to offer services and efforts towards a specific goal, inclination, deviation, susceptibility, temporary distraction Knight/Prince of Cups  Normal - Loving, creative, dreamer Reversed - Emotional problems Abstract - Developing creativity/spirituality Keywords - graceful and contemplative, an invitation or opportunity may soon arise, attraction, inducement, appeal, request, challenge, proposal, subtlety, artifice, trickery, deception, fraud, a sly and cunning person, idealistic, artistic, sensitive, romantic, artistic work, innocent Queen of Cups  Normal - Feminine, artistic, spiritual, psychic Reversed - Emotional blocks and changeable moods Abstract - Positive fantasy Keywords - a loving, devoted and practical person, a warm-hearted and fair person, beloved, adored, good friend and mother, devoted wife, practical, honest, inconsistency of honour, possible immorality, dishonesty, unreliability, artistic, family King of Cups  Normal - Imaginative, emotional, charismatic, intuitive Reversed - Depressive, escapist, unfaithful Abstract - Cultural and spiritual activities Keywords - kind and considerate, level-headed and responsible, a man of responsibility and creativity, learned, professional, businessman, lawyer, artist, religious, scientist, reliable, sensitive, artistic, artistic temperament, double-dealing, dishonesty, scandal, loss, ruin, injustice General Notes on Cups Also called - Grails, Hearts, Coupes Keywords - love, happiness, emotions, feelings, emotional matters, gaiety, joy, pleasure, passions, deep feelings, creativity, fertility. intuition, the subconscious, productiveness, fulfilled life, beauty, instincts (?), mind (?), listening within, religious expression, priest, psychologist, the sacred feeling, astral, desires, unconscious dreams and visions, vessels (that hold feelings), receptivity, feminine, marriage, sensitivity Themes - clergy and religious groups; where the oracle emerges; the luckiest suit of the four; archetypal symbols of the womb and the mother's breasts reflecting generative energy and healing power and psychic ability Other - lunar represented by the silver moon; ruled by Venus |
Also see:- Minor Arcana Tarot Maps of Consciousness articles |
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