Tag: cups
8 of Cups
Keywords for the Eight of Cups CHANGES WALKING AWAY MOVING ON SEEKING FULFILLMENT TRANSFORMATION LEAVING THE PAST BEHIND FOLLOWING OUR HEARTS TRUSTING OUR INTUITION MEETING OUR DESTINY FAITH IN THE FUTURE In the image on this card, we see a darkened sky, at the moment when the moon moves to cover up the sun in…
Queen of Cups
Keywords for the Queen of Cups LOVING GENTLE NURTURING INTUITIVE COMPASSIONATE PSYCHIC CREATIVE SENSITIVE INTROSPECTIVE KIND-HEARTED In the image on this card, we find ourselves down by the water’s edge early on a bright spring day. To our right, we see yellow cliffs rise up in the background. On our left, we see water flowing…
Ace of Cups
Keywords for the Ace of Cups LOVE INTUITION INTIMACY INSPIRATION ROMANCE EMOTIONAL SENSITIVITY COMPASSION PSYCHIC EXPERIENCE KINDNESS CLAIRVOYANCE A hand reaches out from a cloud, holding out in offering a golden chalice, recognized by some to be the Holy Grail of legend. From this cup the waters of life spring forth. We hear the gentle…
King of Cups
Keywords for the King of Cups UNDERSTANDING CARING WISE HELPFUL TOLERANT RESPONSIBLE COMPASSIONATE PATIENT DIPLOMATIC ETHICAL In the image on the card, we see our King seated before us on a plainly carved stone throne that seems to be almost floating on the surface of the choppy ocean waves. It is quite the contrast to…
Knight of Cups
Keywords for the Knight of Cups ROMANTIC DREAMY CHIVALROUS UNREALISTIC POETIC MOODY IDEALISTIC OVERDRAMATIC QUIXOTIC UNSTABLE In the image on the card, we see what appears to be an arid landscape in the background. It appears to be high noon–the sun lights up the landscape, and amidst these intense solar rays one can almost taste…
Page of Cups
Keywords for the Page of Cups SENSITIVE INTUITION INTUITIVE PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT GENTLE DREAMS SWEET FANTASIES LOVING VISIONS In the image on this card, we see a young child dressed in a blue tunic decorated with pink flowers. Except for his yellow boots, the rest of his attire adheres to this soft pink and blue color…
10 of Cups
Keywords for the Ten of Cups JOY SERENITY CONTENTMENT EMOTIONAL FULFILLMENT LOVE FAMILY INTIMACY MARITAL BLISS AFFECTION A HAPPY FAMILY It is a beautiful, bright spring morning—the birds are chirping, the dew is still fresh on the grass, and the sun is shining down gently on the new life stirring in all corners of this…
9 of Cups
Source: A.E. Waite’s Pictorial Key to the Tarot (pub. 1909) via sacredtexts.com Keywords for the Nine of Cups CONTENTMENT ABUNDANCE SATISFACTION ENJOYMENT LUXURY OVERINDULGENCE GOOD FORTUNE OSTENTATION WISHES FULFILLED EXCESS In the image on the card, we see a plump man sitting contentedly on a stone bench. He sits with legs spread wide, clearly relaxed…
7 of Cups
Keywords for the Seven of Cups FANTASY REVERIE ILLUSION VISION IMAGINATION IDEALS DREAMS UNGROUNDED WISHFUL THINKING DELUSIONAL In the image on this card, we see the dark figure of a man illuminated from behind. He is lost in thought, caught in a reverie as he ponders the various virtues of each offering displayed before him. …
6 of Cups
Keywords for the Six of Cups INNOCENCE NOSTALGIA SINCERITY CHILDHOOD GOOD INTENTIONS YOUTH PURE OF HEART GENUINE AFFECTION SIMPLICITY APPRECIATION In the image on this card, we see four cups standing in a row in front of us. The remaining two cups are set at different points in the card, effectively dividing the scene in…