The Suit of Cups is the water of the tarot — the realm of emotions, love, relationships and intuition. When Cups appear, the reading turns to the heart and the inner world.
The Suit of Cups is the water of the tarot — the realm of emotions, love, relationships and intuition. When Cups appear, the reading turns to the heart and the inner world.
Cups govern feelings, connection, compassion, dreams and the subconscious. They measure the temperature of your emotional life and what your heart truly needs.
From the Ace’s overflowing chalice of new love, through the union of the Two and Three, the apathy and loss of the Four and Five, the nostalgia and choices of the Six and Seven, to the “wish card” Nine and the deep harmony of the Ten — the Cups trace the full journey of the heart.
The Page of Cups brings dreamy, intuitive messages; the Knight of Cups is the romantic following his heart; the Queen of Cups holds deep compassion and intuition; the King of Cups masters emotion with calm, caring composure.
In love: Cups are the love suit above all — connection, romance, tenderness and emotional depth.
In career: In work, Cups favour caring, creative and people-centred paths, and choices made with the heart as well as the head.
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The Suit of Cups is the tarot’s element of Water, governing emotions · love · relationships · intuition. It speaks to that area of your life when Cups cards appear in a reading.
There are 14: the Ace through Ten, plus four court cards — Page, Knight, Queen and King of Cups.
Neither — no suit is good or bad. Cups simply highlights emotions and related themes; the meaning depends on the cards around it and your question.
For reflection and entertainment ✦