| minor arcana - cups |
| Cups (water)- compassion; heart; religious class; the emotional world, west Ace of cups New beginnings in your life will fill you with joy and contentment. Your spiritual growth will expand and take you to a higher level of understanding. There is the possibility of a new love. This is not what you want. This can also foretell a fertile period for ideas. emotions rising up for a new passion. 2 of cups A great love or friendship is now possible. This card can also indicate an engagement, marriage, or birth announcement. There is the necessity of a commitment of some kind. it is recognition of love, of a friendship, or soul mate. 3 of cups A time of prosperity, success, good luck, and happiness is coming. A celebration may brighten your life. This can be a successful creative period. look to family and friends. 4 of cups Stop dwelling on old memories. A relationship is tested. You are experiencing illogical dissatisfaction with a relationship or job; step back and look at the problem before taking any action. this card can warn about over-indulgence in drink, food, drugs, sex, any thing looking for stimulation. 5 of cups You may be hurt from seeing through an illusion. This is a period when you tend to dwell only on negative events or happenings. This card foretells the possibility of a divorce or the breakup of a marriage or friendship. You may need to fight against a feeling of depression. you need to learn to get over your loses and move on. 6 of cups A reunion with old friends may be near. New opportunities present themselves; be ready to act on them. Unexpected gifts may surprise you. you can find answers in your past. take time to remember what really matters. 7 of cups You spend too much time daydreaming and not enough time taking action. Too many projects are going at once and not enough is done on any one. You refuse to look at reality. don�t make a rash decision. take time to become informed about your chooses. 8 of cups Goals are abandoned too soon. You do not discipline yourself to stick to any one thing. You have been, or are, refusing to take responsibility. Continuing to walk away from these responsibilities will only bring you more discontent and unhappiness. a separation or divorce, moving on. 9 of cups Your wish will be granted. Success, accomplishment, and satisfaction will soon enter your life. things are turning your why. 10 of cups Goals are reached successfully. Contentment and happiness come into your life. Strong friendship or love brightens your existence. A joyful family occasion is possible. tern to family and friends. Page of cups Fresh ideas and new methods of doing things make you more optimistic about your future. A massage of love arrives. You receive a gift given in friendship. Knight of cups Be prepared for an unexpected visit from someone you admire. Remember that a dreamer who is balanced between the dreams and reality accomplishes the most. You may have a pleasant outing with someone you care for deeply. Queen of cups This card indicates a feminine influence with a strong loving and protecting nature. This will be a time of quiet contentment with life. A period of strong psychic feelings makes you more aware of spiritual goals. King of cups This card represents a loving and caring masculine influence. There is a possibility of a journey across water. You may experience an episode of up and down emotions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Page of Cups This is the daydream kid; head in the clouds, rarely paying attention. They've got a great imagination and love telling or being told stories, but they're also overly sensitive; very kind and sweet, they'll bring you a flower, try to rescue sick birds or abandoned kittens, take very seriously the death of a goldfish. When sad, they're the saddest kid you ever saw. When happy, they're positively blissful. Knight of Cups A knight in the truest sense, this is the knight of love, the Romeo. The teen we all know and love; dreamy, sensitive, moody, "deep." he plays music, spends long hours alone in his room with the shades drawn, he writes dark, meaningful poetry. He will fall in love, passionately, profoundly and he and his love will be inseparable. On the negative side, he should be watched for depression which can be very real. Though moody, he's fiercely loyal to anyone he loves, including family. Queen of Cups Often a healer, counselor or psychic, this is a woman who seems to know what's wrong even before you open your mouth. Call her the emotional fix-it woman, but she seems to have exactly the right solution to problems relating to home, friends, love. Sometimes she is shy, self-effacing, you might not even notice her; other times she can be a little scary, dreamy, mysterious, a creative storyteller. Affectionate and loving, she is a "mom's mom" always there to hug, heal and bake cookies for her children. Her intuition is uncanny, her temper...well, it runs very deep and you don't ever want it turned against you. Talk about scary. Unfortunately, this is also a queen who can suffer from female hormonal problems, depression, moodiness, alcoholism, drug addiction, psychological problems. King of Cups Call him "The Godfather". A kinder, gentler, more loving man you'll never meet. His "kingdom" is his family, and his one dream is to be sitting at the head of a huge table filled with kin, kids, grand kids, serving up food to them all. His family comes first; for them he'll work, sacrifice, do just about anything; and, yes, like the "Godfather" he will consider doing terrible things to you if you cause grief to any member of that family. More likely to be a chef, bookstore owner, museum curator, decorator or restorer than a Godfather, this King is a historian, an old fashioned man with quaint, old fashioned ideas. He'll motivate the neighborhood to restore old buildings, to be more friendly, neighborly and polite. Very like the Queen of Cups, however, he's too soft and sentimental. No matter how prodigal the son, this father will always bail the kid out. About his family, it is almost impossible to make him see reason. |