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Four of Cups
Minor Arcana · Cups · Water
Upright
- Apathy
- Weariness
- Introspection
- Missed offer
- General
- Nothing appeals. Brooding, bored, and blind to the new cup being offered. A necessary pause, or a withdrawal lasting too long.
- Love & relationships
- A relationship that has grown dull, or a heart too busy with the past to notice someone new.
- Career & money
- A boring job, an offer refused out of weariness, a lack of interest weighing down motivation.
- Advice
- Look up. What you seek may already be offered, in a form you didn't expect.
Reversed
- Awakening
- Renewed interest
- Acceptance
- Out of torpor
- General
- Finally standing up. The torpor lifts, the offered cup is accepted, the desire to take part returns.
- Love & relationships
- Giving the relationship or the encounter another chance. Emotional curiosity returns.
- Career & money
- Motivation regained, an opportunity finally seized, a project that becomes stimulating again.
- Advice
- Say yes to what comes along, even in small doses. Movement brings desire back.
What you see on the card
- A young man sitting under a tree, arms crossed
- Three cups standing before him in the grass
- A hand from a cloud offers him a fourth cup
- He doesn't look at it
- A hill and a clear sky
How the card works
Cups (Water). Water is what we feel: love, friendship, dreams, nostalgia. Cups speak of the heart, of bonds between people, and of inner life.
Four. Stability: a structure, a pause, sometimes rigidity.