CUPS

ACE of CUPS

The appearance of the Ace of Cups signals a pure burst of joy, the powerful charge of falling in love and the rising energy of ecstasy. This ace emanates the loving characteristic of the early stages of intimacy when two people experience a mutually deep affection. The happiness that surrounds this card sends your cup running over with good will which you spontaneously project to those around you.

The arrival of the Ace of Cups is a time for receptivity to all types of emotions. The outward flow of stimuli that comes with it can fuel many heart-felt creations. Whatever relationship begins with the coming of this cup should be nurtured gently, as it has great potential for growth and ultimate fulfillment.

Give yourself time to enjoy this ace for the glow of pure love is the rarest emotion which many long for and never find. The Ace of Cups often indicates pregnancy in a reading.

TWO of CUPS

The Two of Cups takes the principle of love one step further and speaks  of an equal exchange between two people. While the Ace illustrates one persons reaction to love, the Two of Cups symbolizes two people who truly care for each other, love at the heart of their intentions.. In this way, protection develops because they lack doubt or destructive complications so often found when caring is not mutual.

The Two of Cups refers to a specific relationship where feelings are reciprocated. You both know you should be together, even if you are joined only in your hearts. You know the other person cares deeply and mutual respect and security prevail.. In reality, relationships have highs and lows, attractions and reactions. This cup keeps the level of friendship intact and maintains harmony between two people, regardless of their fluctuating personal moods and differing stages of growth.

The Two of Cups is a card of learning to work with other people, especially in a reading which emphasizes work and business. the arrangement should be balanced in sharing and therefore a creative partnership. This card can also depict a spiritual or platonic love connection that allows love to serenely and simply exist. This height of caring has no expectations. It only reflects a genuine desire for happiness and safety for the other person.

THREE of CUPS

The Three of Cups takes the joy of the Ace and the depth of the Two, turning the happiness into a celebration. There is a reason to enjoy the inclusion of others in the expression of your personal jubilance and good luck. In a reading, this card can imply a party or collective celebration which creates a positive level of social sharing.. The party mood is infectious to all and good cheer is common bond between everyone. You can fill your cups and those of others, as there is plenty for all.

As an obstacle, the Three of Cups would symbolize self indulgence which is destructive because your emotional energy is dissipated instead of being strengthened.

FOUR of CUPS

The Four of Cups finds you extremely distracted from your environment. It is difficult to notice your surroundings or concentrate on the the activities around you. Found in your own abstract funk, you cannot pay attention to the details of your daily life.

The emotional inaccessibility of the Four of Cups is generated by dissatisfaction with certain conditions in your life. You have been slowly withdrawing from a person or situation, yet you still maintain an outward connection with them. You may be physically involved, but the relationship has lost its overall appeal. Though you still partake, you are bored with the whole thing and do not enjoy it anymore.

Your silence and distance could signal that you are riveted on a different, possibly new, love interest. You are fixated on a person who is not physically around. A constructive utilization of this time is to stabilize yourself emotionally. Move away from letting any relationship obsess and overwhelm you. Learn to gain strength and confidence from the alliance. Stop to survey your romantic history and assess why you always find yourself in this certain type of relationship.

FIVE of CUPS

The Five of Cups appears in a reading as preparation for a disappointment where great expectations of pleasure and excitement are not fulfilled. This card brings an emotional letdown because you expect a certain "something" to happen romantically and it does not occur. You will find yourself often unhappy with this reality and the anxiety of this loss eases as you find your cups emptied only to be filled again.

The Five of Cups represents thwarted enjoyment of love, but also implies bonds between two people based on a genuine desire for the freedom and well-being of each other. Instead of focusing on how you can gain in a relationship, you respect the individuality of the other person. When you make emotional demands of someone, you ask them to take responsibility for you. Ultimately they will recoil from you. Self interest destroys the mutual blending possible in a positive, non-demanding friendship.

In a reading, the Five of Cups can also indicate you are ready to let go of an emotional tie which has not held up to your ideals and is a constant disappointment.. It also implies unused talents and despair over a good union which could potentially grow, but is slowly wilting. Both situations bring a sense of waste into your spirit.

SIX of CUPS

The Six of Cups stands for well being through proper emotional expression which channels your love outward. As a card of emotional renewal, you rediscover an innocent loving attitude felt toward all people and other forms of nature. It brings a simple joy which radiates trust and sincerity where once barriers and fear prevented a balanced happiness.

The Six of Cups signifies a return to the warmth and kindness in those who have become emotionally numb from losing touch with their primary need for love. This card can boost you to a most positive level where your feelings are lighter and happier and you are finally ready to express love again through all of your actions. This cup portrays a clarity similar to arrival at a place far away from the routine entanglements of the everyday world..

SEVEN of CUPS

By tradition, the Seven of Cups describes and unwieldy imagination filled with all the wonderful things that could manifest to make us happy. many of the visions associated with this card may or may not exist. Maybe they are only hopes, dreams or yearnings. Though most of the imagery of this card is pleasant, there is usually a mixture of attraction and fear toward its unreal qualities. And functioning at a highly imaginative level is important to your emotional development.

You realize with the Seven of Cups how knowledge is created and reinforced in the imagination. What you are witnessing are options for your future but in a romanticized light. In time, you will need to narrow down your desires to the few most likely people, wishes and channels of enjoyment open to you.

In a reading, the Seven of Cups symbolizes an affair where the wildness of your feelings stimulates great outpourings of emotion.

EIGHT of CUPS

Following the wild emotional pulse of the Seven of Cups is the very serious Eight of Cups. Here you undergo a change of heart toward a specific person or matter by becoming totally committed, dedicated and devoted to them. the lighter more vacuous aspects of of the world of cups must be ignored and forgotten for a while as your direction becomes more serious

You begin to put great care into every action you take regarding your goal. Your daily existence concentrates on achieving your ends due to the depth of your feeling of the situation. Your world becomes a mixture of day and night as all your thoughts, conscious and unconscious, are riveted on your goal. To achieve it, you are prepared to walk miles. Your departure towards the end is determined, sober and somber.

In a reading, the Eight of Cups indicates you are finally ready to direct yourself toward something that will deeply satisfy you. Contentment is no longer found in celebration, disappointed hopes or a fantasy world, but in a mature and reverent emotional attitude..

NINE of CUPS

The Nine of Cups illustrates further discovery of that which gives you secure and long lasting contentment. This is where the sharing of a deep love reveals your true self instead of removing you from your natural environment. these feelings influence your development positively, leading towards true maturation. the relationships reflected in this cup do not end your growth, but nurture and accelerate it.

The happiness that comes with the Nine of Cups is long lasting. It can represent a plentiful supply of that which fuels your joyousness. A great love, a heart filled with ecstatic feelings, spontaneous understanding and sympathy with another, a healthy body, a positive mental outlook and a productive self sufficient lifestyle to be enjoyed indefinitely.

TEN of CUPS

The Ten of Cups is very similar to the Nine, but it has an even more collective interpretation. It indicates the involvement of others in a family-type arrangement. This cup makes you fully aware of the people who are members of your tribe. This makes for great harmony, as your need for reciprocated love is satisfied through like minded individuals. Rejoice, for you are co-existing with the people that make you happy. The Ten of Cups depicts a positive lifestyle which completes the path of learning to love, begun with the Ace of Cups.

When this cup appears, it signifies a serenity in your emotional world and a silent contentment which makes for perfection. It speaks of a sincere approach in your involvements where the long-tarnished love principles turn golden in an atmosphere of peaceful perfection.

PAGE of CUPS

The youthful, inexperienced Page of Cups is a gentle, passive soul who responds emotionally, almost naively so, to all people and opportunities. His only intent is to offer his cup at every encounter. If you are romantically involved with this person, you should be aware of his tendency to give of himself all the time.

In a reading, the Page of Cups, connotes a desperately shy and non-aggressive individual who attaches himself to you, trailing after you like a mascot. Romantic and sensitive, he turns his social exchanges into rapturous scenes in his head. This immature and unseasoned view on love usually finds the Page heartbroken. He may be too scared due to being bashful, fearing rejection or being too passive to exhibit his emotions openly. All these tendencies add to his instability and confusion instead of strengthening his personality.

Though his mask shows kindness to everyone, The Page of Cups often carries a deep, sad love history. He was hurt early on in life. His passive nature may signal a terrified attitude towards deep relationships because he is lost to a memory which shattered his ability to trust. He has trouble escaping this memory and hold similar expectations about those he attempts to love. he is reluctant to form any new ties because he is stuck in the shadow of this early trauma. the Page of Cups needs stronger self esteem to mature emotionally and realize the importance of taking risks in live.

KNIGHT of CUPS

As with the Queen of Cups, the Knight of Cups is changeable within his environment and just as keen on self-undoing. He has more problematic in his personality than the Queen. He is nebulous concerning any affair and constantly changes his position from one extreme to another. It is hard to believe anything he says and little security can be found in his glib behavior.

In a reading, this card typically represents something or someone coming to you, an approach, an offer or an invitation. Its placement in a spread will show you when this will occur. There is usually something slightly wrong with the invitation. The Knight of Cups may not come through, he may be too unstable, emotionally incontrollable or fickle and vague, forgetting that he ever made the offer. His behavior can be a disguise or may be fueled by a mood altering substance, when ingested, gives his the boldness to make promises he cannot fulfill when sober..

QUEEN of CUPS

The Queen of Cups is an extremely changeable, expansive personality type. From moment to moment and person to person, she alters her colors to adapt to her changing environment. Her relationships remain non-committal, as she drifts from flower to flower, and has little conscience about the ramifications of entanglement. Her value system is practically unprincipled which makes her neither consistent nor reliable in judgements.. She cannot discriminate between good and bad, finding both equally exciting and emotionally stimulating.

The Queen of Cups lives by intuition, openly offering a sort of friendship to everyone she meets. In this way, she attracts those who have been rejected elsewhere because they failed to meet the status quo. She is surrounded by hanger-on who are the most unlikely combinations of people to befriend the same person. In her mind, there is no room for favoritism; her nature is to accept one and all.

A talented actress, the Queen of Cups quickly studies the characters and psyches of others, mimicking what she sees in their personalities. She is big on self undoing, either the joker who is always "on", or if she is inclined, her emotional intensity can manifest in a quiet and reverent behavior.

In a reading, the Queen of Cups symbolizes flowing with the drama of life devoid of paralyzing defenses, becoming happier and more open to experience and circumstance, enjoying and sharing human warmth and not blaming others for their existential positions. Regardless of superficial differences, we all have the same emotional needs and desires.

KING of CUPS

The King of Cups is a man of intense but controlled emotions. His depth of feeling penetrates every situation and he is ruled by his emotional nature and yet, he can hold out and hold back forever. In a reading, the King of Cups represents someone who is manipulating you through his unwavering stance of self-defense and deliberate inhibition. Your alliance with him is based on possessiveness, game playing and could quickly deteriorate into a power struggle. His defensiveness is generated by his need to play games emotionally, an intense attraction to you or a total bewilderment to love. Deep down he is scared to death to show his emotions.

This King's goal is to control other people. utilizing their emotional weakness toward their own ends. rarely caught off guard, he radiates a disinterest easily interpreted as dislike and disapproval. As he does not articulate his feelings, it is only through intuition that you sense the under currents of vulnerability below his flawless impersonal mask. It is difficult to actualize the love hiding in the King. He may have so much emotion that he is silent yet forceful in his demeanor. He can be so over-sensitive and uptight that he becomes bashful with someone he is in love with.

Though the King of Cups may not be far away, there is something unreachable about him. Telepathic understanding becomes necessary if you hope to open channels with him, though you may never witness an exhibition of his true emotions. he is reluctant to reveal himself so he can continue to control the situation. If you are someone he chooses to trust, you will see into his private world and learn the cause of his pain. His defenses have built up emotions which have magnified into attacks as he continually denies himself love and affection.

If you are looking for a destructive relationship, you have found it with the King of Cups. If you can gain his trust, there is a chance he will take the emotional risk with you and do everything he can to grow up and meet you half way. Just know what sort of behavior to expect from him until he is ready to mature. he can be very gentle and loving, devoted even, once he lets his walls down and allows you to get close to him.

The King of Cups can be extremely anti-social and yet extraordinarily popular. His aura of disinterest attracts people to him who enhance his power and try to seek his approval and gain his admiration. In the business world, his personality is beneficial to his success. This card often symbolizes international commerce, foreign places, markets or politics, travel overseas and interests abroad

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