Cups

The suit of Water — emotion, relationships, intuition, and love.

Cups are the tarot suit of water — emotion, love, intuition, and the life of the heart. A reading full of Cups is a matter of feeling: relationships, connection, grief, joy, and the inner world.

From the Ace of Cups (the heart opening) the suit moves through love, celebration, disappointment, and healing to the fulfilled Ten. Cups reversed often point to feeling blocked, overwhelmed, or turned inward — emotion that isn't flowing cleanly.

Cards to meet

• Ace of Cups
• Queen of Cups

Related terms

• Water
• Suit
• Wands
• Swords
• Pentacles

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