Suit of Cups Tarot Cards
The water suit of the tarot: feelings, love, relationships and intuition.
The meaning of the Suit of Cups
The Suit of Cups is the water suit of the tarot, and it covers feelings, love, relationships and intuition. A reading heavy in Cups is usually about the heart, whatever the question sounds like on the surface.
The Ace is a new feeling or a new connection. From there the suit moves through partnership (Two), friendship and celebration (Three), apathy (Four), grief (Five), nostalgia (Six), too many choices (Seven), walking away (Eight), wishes granted (Nine) and a settled, happy home (Ten).
The court cards show the emotional style of a person: the dreamy Page, the romantic Knight, the caring Queen and the balanced King. Cups also cover creativity and gut feeling, so they often appear when a decision is being made more by instinct than by logic.
Yes or no with these cards
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Suit of Cups cards at a glance
| Card | Upright | Reversed | Yes or no |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace of Cups | new love, emotional beginnings, compassion, creativity, intuition, overflowing joy | emotional loss, blocked feelings, emptiness, creative block, repressed emotion, missed connection | Yes |
| Two of Cups | partnership, mutual attraction, union, harmony, connection, commitment | disharmony, imbalance, one-sided effort, miscommunication, breakup, tension | Yes |
| Three of Cups | friendship, celebration, community, joy, support, reunion | gossip, overindulgence, isolation, third-party issues, cancelled plans, exclusion | Yes |
| Four of Cups | apathy, contemplation, reevaluation, boredom, missed offers, withdrawal | renewed interest, awareness, moving on, taking action, accepting an offer, emerging from withdrawal | No |
| Five of Cups | loss, grief, regret, disappointment, mourning, focusing on the negative | acceptance, moving on, finding peace, forgiveness, hope returning, recovery | No |
| Six of Cups | nostalgia, memories, innocence, reunion, kindness, childhood | living in the past, moving on, naivety, resisting change, unrealistic memories, independence | Yes |
| Seven of Cups | choices, fantasy, illusion, wishful thinking, daydreaming, temptation | clarity, decisiveness, reality check, focus, sobering up, commitment | No |
| Eight of Cups | walking away, moving on, seeking more, disappointment, withdrawal, searching | fear of leaving, staying put, aimless drifting, avoidance, returning, stagnation | No |
| Nine of Cups | wish fulfillment, contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, abundance, comfort | dissatisfaction, greed, smugness, materialism, emptiness, unfulfilled wishes | Yes |
| Ten of Cups | harmony, family, lasting happiness, fulfillment, alignment, emotional bliss | broken family, disharmony, misaligned values, domestic conflict, unrealistic ideals, strained home | Yes |
| Page of Cups | creative curiosity, sensitivity, messages of love, intuition, dreaminess, new feelings | emotional immaturity, creative block, moodiness, insecurity, bad news, escapism | Yes |
| Knight of Cups | romance, charm, imagination, invitation, idealism, following the heart | moodiness, unrealistic expectations, disappointment, jealousy, empty promises, fantasy | Yes |
| Queen of Cups | compassion, emotional security, intuition, calm, caring, nurturing | emotional insecurity, codependency, martyrdom, moodiness, overwhelm, neglecting self-care | Maybe |
| King of Cups | emotional balance, diplomacy, compassion, control, wisdom, generosity | emotional manipulation, moodiness, volatility, suppression, coldness, withdrawal | Maybe |