Tarot

Minor Arcana

Understanding the meaning of an individual tarot card is vital to reading tarot cards. In the Minor Arcana, there are four suits, all of which have different meanings. This article explores the individual meanings of each of the fourteen tarot cards in the cups suit of a tarot card deck. If you’re looking to give tarot card readings, or simply looking to understand the meanings of the tarot cards in readings you have been given, the following basic understanding of the suit of cups should provide a good deal of information on your interpretations.

1. Ace

The ace tarot card in cups always indicates a beginning, and in this suit particularly suggests an emotional beginning, or the need for one.

2. Two

A two in tarot cards always indicates some sort of duality and this tarot card is no different. The two of cups suggests two minds or hearts coming together to function as one, in a courageous way.

3. Three

The three of cups tarot card suggests celebration and joy.

4. Four

The four of cups tarot card often suggests a restlessness and boredom, where there is little satisfaction.

5. Five

Fives in tarot cards are often considered difficult, and this is no exception. This tarot card suggests dashed hopes or mourning, though not in a completely hopeless way.

6. Six

The six of cups tarot card often has to do with the past. It can suggest happy memories and an attachment to the past, or contact from a past acquaintance.

7. Seven

The seven of cups tarot card provides somewhat of a warning against building a life of fantasy without a basis of reality and responsibility.

8. Eight

The eight of cups suggests restlessness and wanderlust, but also the unfortunate quality among tarot cards of abandonment and disillusionment, though this can also be of things that have been unfulfilling.

9. Nine

The nine of cups is one of the tarot cards that most everyone wishes to have. This is because it grants wishes, or suggests that wishes and desires will soon come true.

10. Ten

The ten of cups suggests a fulfillment, happiness, and satisfaction. This tarot card may indicate a happy family life.

11. Page

The page of cups is one of the more joyful tarot cards. This particular one indicates someone with good intuition and insight, and may suggest happiness, jovial enjoyment, and entertainment.

12. Knight

A knight among the tarot cards suggests a sensitive bachelor who is honest and heartfelt. It can indicate an important emotional matter in a tarot card reading.

13. Queen

The queen tarot card in cups suggests a woman who is pure of heart, loving, and loyal. Inverted, it can suggest deceit, given the correct context of other tarot cards as well.

14. King

The king tarot card in cups suggests a warm-hearted man with great emotionality. It also indicates a tendency toward diplomacy rather than force.