The Minor Arcana-The Suit of Cups
Posted by Luminakisharblaze on February 20, 2011 at 12:02am in Kabbalah & Tarot Group
The Suit of Cups is representative of the element of water. Cups deal with the emotional level of consciousness and are associated with love, feelings, relationships and connections. Cups are about displays of emotion, expression of feelings and the role of emotions in relation to others. The Cups Tarot cards indicate that you are thinking with your heart rather than your head, and thus reflect your spontaneous responses and your habitual reactions to situations. Cups are also linked to creativity, romanticism, fantasy and imagination.
The negative aspects of the Suit of Cups (i.e. when the Cups cards appear reversed) include being overly emotional or completely disengaged and dispassionate, having unrealistic expectations and fantasizing about what could be. There may be repressed emotions, an inability to truly express oneself and a lack of creativity.
The people represented by the Suit of Cups (i.e. typically the Court Cards) are emotional, artistic, humane and creative. They are connected with their emotional selves and will draw energy from what they feel within. They are said to correspond to the water signs in the zodiac (Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio) and to water as a symbol of the subconscious mind and reason.
The Suit of Cups traditionally represents the west and autumn. If using an ordinary deck of playing cards, Cups are represented by the Suit of Hearts.
Should a Tarot reading be predominantly Cups cards, then you can be sure that the client is seeking solutions to what are primarily emotional conflicts, love matters and emotions.
Tarot Card Keywords
Ace of Cups New love, emotions, contemplation, good karma
Two of Cups Unified love, partnership, romance
Three of Cups Celebration, birth, harmony, planned pregnancy
Four of Cups Boredom, hope, re-evaluation, apathy
Five of Cups Despair, disappointment, regret, change
Six of Cups Reunion, nostalgia, pleasure, childhood
Seven of Cups Fantasy, illusion, possibility, magic, imagination
Eight of Cups Turning away, abandonment, independence
Nine of Cups Wishes fulfilled, comfort, happiness
Ten of Cups Attainment, marriage, familiarity, contentment
Page of Cups A messenger, a service rendered
Knight of Cups Knight in shining armor, romance, offer of love
Queen of Cups Emotional security
King of Cups Honorable feelings
(Source http://www.biddytarot.com/cards_list.php?arcana=Minor&minor_arc...)