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OVERVIEW OF THE SUIT
From:Prairie:
CUPS: Cups represent water, the west,
autumn. They have to do with love, the
emotions, feelings, your sensitivity &
your family life. They deal wih the
emotonal level of consciousness. Cups
mirror your spontaneous responses & your
habitual reactions to situations.
CUPS CORRESPONDENCES:
From:
Prairie:
Ace: Water signs:
Pisces,
Cancer & Scorpio
2: Venus in
Cancer
3: Mercury in Cancer
4:
Moon in Cancer
5:Mars in Scorpio
6: Sun in Scorpio
7: Venus in
Scorpio
8: Saturn in Pisces
9:Jupiter in Pisces
10: Mars in
Pisces
ACE OF CUPS
From Stellie1
-Wait -
A gray sky, perfectly clear except for a
white hand, with opened palm holding a
golden yellow goblet. From this goblet
is a flowing fountain of five streams of
water and 25 yods which fall into a pond
of lotus (red water lilies in bloom).
The water is calm with very light
ripples. The white hand comes from
ruffled clouds appearing to be part of a
very decorative delicate sleeve. Above
the bright yellow goblet is a white dove
facing down with a white circle
decorated with a cross in the middle. It
appears that the dove wants to drop this
Host into the flowing cup. The cup has
an upside down M or a W inscribed on it.
The white hand has radiating rays all
around it.
You must always trust your inner feelings as it is an inner voice and your heart will lead the way. This is your intuitiveness and power talking to you.
There is a chance for a marriage either with love or in business partnership or new contract. Positive air is flowing and it is time to forgive and make up. This is a peaceful time in your life so use it and make this peace with friends or yourself.
It is time of fertility, a time for child bearing. Perhaps an adoption should be considered.
It is a time of giving rather than taking. You will have your turn as the old saying goes, "You get what you give." If you give prayers, He will hear.
There are many rewards in the near future outlook when you get the Ace of Cups in a reading. The rewards are said to be in the giving. This Ace is all about deep emotions and generosity. Feel good when his beautiful card appears. It is your lucky day!
Medically this suit refers to the Urinary (kidney and bladder problems) andReproductive Systems
Water - Comes to us in the form of blood, tears, urine, perspiration, saliva, and sexual juices. A lack of water can bring about a dried up feeling (stiffness both emotional and physical), lack of moisture in the body, non-flowingness with life, difficulty with dealing with emotions and with others who are emotional.
Emotion - Close relationships, the family, lovers, rivals, premonitions, fears, memories, nostalgia, and most of all water is our unconscious.
Keywords - Love, anger, sentiment, sympathy, caring, tenderness and frustration.
"Cups are vessels that carry emotions and healing powers."
TWO OF CUPS
From:
June
Well, here goes my friends.
Meanings
Joan Bunning Key Words:
Connection, truce, attraction.
Robin Wood
Balance, Friendship
Satisfying love, friendship,platonic
love, a good partnership. harmony
cooperation. Two opposing forces blend
and yield a glorious whole.
Gendron
Beginning of a new relationship,
romance. Partnership, Love, New ideas
shared.
Differences are resolved.
Faery Wicca
A unified concept of love(Ace)becomes
duality: active partnership. Trust;
sympathy; consummation of desires; vows,
promises, engagements, proposal of
marriage, intimate friendships.
Sacred Circle
There is a harmony in polarity
male-female night-day summer-winter.
Opposites are necessary to existence and
have equal value. P phase of harmony and
cooperation in the area of
relationships. Quarrels and differences
in existing relationships are resolved
and you may begin new friendships or
even a romance. Success will come from
working with other people.<>
From June:
After I looked up all these meanings I
then got the card from each deck and
looked at it to see how it showed these
meanings.
Robin Woods card is lovely. It has a man and woman facing each other holding the cups. They are in lovely robes and there is a lion head above with wings.
The Gendron deck has a couple facing each other holding the cups and also them walking hand in hand behind.
The Faery Wicca deck had two cauldrons on the bank beside a rainbow covered river. In the back is a tree that is two trees twisted together so that is looks like one.
The Sacred Circle deck had a lovely meadow with two cups. One cup is above the other. Each is pouring water from itself to the other.
I then looked at the cards and tried to decide which one I liked best to represent the meanings. While I like the ones with the couples, my favourite is the Sacred Circle one. I like that the water is flowing from one to the other. It can represent all kinds of relationships not just the man woman kind. For me it encompasses all the meanings. The give and take of a good relationship whether it is the love of a man and woman or a relationship between two people that work together successfully. It can have the romance mentioned in the meanings but so much more.
After I had done all this. I then tried to draw( quite a feat!!) a card of my own. An idea did come to me. I did sketch it out. I would like to recommend this procedure to others. I am going to do it with the other cards. It has really helped me learn the meaning of the card.
Forgive the personal touch to this
lesson. I hope that it is ok. I have
stumbled on a very good study method for
me though. Thanks all.
June
From: Prairie:The
'personal touch' is what we are all
about, June. Not only is it 'ok', it is
encouraged!! If we wanted a dull, dry,
sterile, lessons-only list, there are
others out there to join. This list is
like family, & that's what makes it so
good. The Tarot is not just another
cardboard deck of playing cards. It is a
living, evolving art form, divination
tool, and basically, a way of life.
Can't get much more personal than that,
can you? :-) The Tarot speaks to our
subconscious minds through the use of
archetypes and universal symbology.
Drawing your own card is a wonderful way
to connect with the energy of the card!
Drawing utilizes the creative side of
the brain, and is a much more useful
tool than written words. I encourage all
of you to find your own way to interact
with the cards. Those of you who are
drawn to the arts, by all means, paint
pictures of what the cards mean to you!
Others may dance their meanings, or play
music that speaks to them of the
emotions of the card. Write a poem about
it. Sing a song. Put on a skit for the
kids. Enact the energies of the card in
ritual. Dress up, paint your face/body.
Make it personal. Do whatever feels good
to you. Reading & memorizing meanings
won't get the cards into your life like
participating in the card will. Get up,
pick a card, and go DO something about
it!!!!..........
Blessed be,
Prairie
THREE OF CUPS
From:
Krystlhawk
The Morgan-Greer Tarot Deck.
Very colorful, very warm, based on
Rider-Waite. This card expresses love
and happiness and friendship. In my own
words.......no books used.
Three of cups has three maidens/women on it. Each with a wreath on thier head, each with different colored eyes. Brown haired maiden , blue eyes has a wreath of pink panseys, spring. Blondes haired maiden has green eyes with a hydreangea wreath, summer. The Black haired maiden had brown eyes with , what feels like a Yule wreath with berries.
There is a table in front of them, with three Chalices, and half eaten fruit. They are wearing beautiful robes.
Now, I envision myself in this card, as one of the maidens. I feel happy, celebratory, joyful. I have shared with my friends, laughed and there possibly is some dancing going on. Eating, drinking.
With this card, I would see the helping of others in a time of need, a good work atmosphere, a good friendship, accomplishments with the support of such friendship.
To know the three of cups is to know new things that regard the emotions. All around a good card where money, relationship, work, and spirituality are concerned. The cups overflow with these qualities.
If you are using reversals, which I do not, I would feel that in reversed the opposite would imply here. Possibly a betrayal in friendship, gossiping. Meditate on this card, feel it's possitive energy, the gifts it has to offer. The oneness of friends.
From: Robin Goodfellow
It might be added that, in a reading in
depth, the "Three Fates" might be found.
These, who in mythology, are the
spinners of the woven web of life, are
acting out the celebratory phase of a
life. Depending on the position in the
reading, one could infer the guidance of
the Fates and their benevolence, in this
situation. This could be especially
auspicious if the card is near to the
Wheel of Fortune in the same spread.
Robin Goodfellow
FOUR OF CUPS
From: Maggie
IV of Cups,
We encounter a young man,possibly a
young woman, sitting cross-legged and
cross-armed on a grassy knoll under a
tree. Three full cups sit in front of
him and a fourth cup is being offered to
him by a small hand coming out the sky
through a cloud. He is not taking the
cup and indeed appears to be paying no
attention to it whatsoever.This action,
or inaction, leads to several
interpretations of the card. One avenue
of interpretation is that of apathy or
indifference. That a complete satiation
has occurred and the man cannot be
tempted no matter how attractive the
situation is that the cup is offering.
Rather like the bringing out of the
loaded dessert cart filled with
mouth-watering delicacies, just after an
equally mouth-watering full-course meal
has just been consumed. The awareness is
there that the taste would be
fantastic-- but just not at that time.
No interest is generated. Not that it
would not be of interest at a later
time. Another interpretation is that of
defensiveness. This can be noticed in
the body language displayed in the
crossed arms and legs of the man. He may
not be sure of what the cup has to
offer. How would it change his life if
he accepted it? Possibly he had been
hurt emotionally before, as this is the
suit of cups, and he is fearful to
expose himself to that again. He has not
rejected the cup either. This card is
therefore saying that a new opportunity,
possibly a romance, is being presented
at this time. However, now is not the
time for overt action. It is the time
for contemplation, research and
meditation... the cup will continue to
be there and the decision to accept or
reject it can be made later when all of
the answers are in, and it feels right
emotionally. No immediate action is
required.
Thank you and have a wonderful
day,
Maggie
From: Sunraven:
Gently meet,
Great job!!!!!! This card has always
spoken to me of a kind of ennui. Not
quite boredom, though that could come,
if the person doesn't do something about
it. But it's that kind of nagging hunger
you feel, sometimes. You know you want
something, but you don't know what,
exactly. You know, like when you're just
a little hungry, so you poke your head
in the fridge, and nothing looks good.
You don't want anything in there. But
you can't figure out what you *do* want.
So there is a sense of dissatisfaction
about this card.
I had one teacher who used to say the 3 cups on the ground had slightly bitter wine. They represented options that didn't work, and he was sitting there, trying to figure out what he wanted. He was doing it by eliminating (having tried) the things he *didn't* want. The cup being handed to him is a promise. A new opportunity. It also grounds that energy, since the IV's are all about establishing firm foundations. In some ways, the building process begins in the IV of each suit.
But he isn't looking. Not yet. Here we
see the possible negative path of the
cups begin. If he never looks up, at
this point, he will go into the negative
V--which BTW, is self-pity. But if he
does, and makes the effort i will take
to accept the new cup, then he will take
the positive cup path. Watch this card
in a reading, because this is one of the
primary indications of possible
emotional difficulty. Watch the cards
that follow this in the spread. If they
tend to be positive, cups or not, then
he'll take the cup. If not--you've just
seen the Tarot's early warning system in
action. You will be able to really help
at this point.
Again, great job. This is one great
list!
Gently part,
Sunraven
FIVE OF CUPS
From: Carissa
So here goes:
Sacred Circle Tarot:
Named "Regret" in this deck. It
is twilight, the sky and water are
various shades of soft purples. Three
chalices float on a moonlit lake. In
front of them, two chalices twined with
morning glories are tipped over and
spilling out wine.
Gendron Tarot:
It is early evening, the landscape
is apinted in shades of blue and purple.
In the foreground there is a stream
with rapids. A person draped in a dark
cloak stands on a rock in the middle of
the stream. On five other rocks a
little bit away from him, five chalices
stand...just out of reach, and blocked
by the turbulent waters. In the
background are some flat lands with
rocks formations, leading up to
foothills and finally a mountain in the
distance.
Robin Wood Tarot:
A person garbed with a black cloak
stands, head down and face hidden by his
the hood. One hand can be seen
grasping the cloak and wrapping it
tightly around his/her body, as if
keeping away coldness and protecting
him/herself. Behind him on the ground
are two upright chalices. On the other
side of the figure are three chalices
that have been tipped over and are
spilling bright red wine over the
ground....reminds me strikingly of
blood. It jumps out of the picture,
because the person and the background
are all very dark, the landscape is gray
like on a rainy day.
So, what does it all mean? It is all about sorrow, loss, bitterness....and the person is so caught up in seeing what has been lost, he/she pays no heed to what still remains. Disillusionment and regret.....regretting what has been lost, disillusioned at the loss of what once seemed so secure. Disappointment. Yet it is important to not that this isn't as bleak a card as it seems, because there are still two cups remaining...there is hope, you just may not be seeing it because you are wallowing in bitterness and regret. Because the Cups represent emotions, affairs of the heart, this card also often means the loss of a loved one or ending of a love relationship.
Reversed, it means a new love relationship forming or a person you cared for deeply in the past re-entering your life. It is a "return of hope" as Eden Gray calls it, the dark clouds have parted and the sun shines through brightly illuminating the world in a brief flash.
Assignment: consider your current and
past disappointments and hurts in life.
Think about loved ones that have left
your life. Remember the emotions, and
try to sort them out....hurt, anger at
being hurt, rejection,
helplessness....that is this card. Now
what have you been overlooking
while you were caught up in that pain?
What were you blind to, because
all you could see was your own
disappointments? Write in a journal
all that you come up with. It will be
useful in developing a feel for the
card.
Happy reading! (And be gentle Prairie,
Sunravyn, and Gina!!! LOL)
Carissa
From: Sunraven
Wow! OK, Carissa, I'm impressed with
you, as usual! Great job, Lady! I will
only add one thing to your excellent
comments. This card can talk about the
kind of energy that starts as regret and
deteriorates into self-pity. When
combined with other emotional cards, you
have to watch for that tendency.
Again, you leave me with nothing to do
but enjoy!
Gently part,
Sunraven
SIX OF CUPS
From: Sam
Memories, past,
emotions
Connolly Deck -
Very pink card overall, you see the back
of a man looking on to a young girl
bringing him a golden cup with a rose in
it. She is walking around a wall where
the 5 other cups are stacked in a
pyramid, where a young boy has his back
to us, is trying to climb up. Behind
that further is a home with pink clouds
around the roof. All are clothed in
pink/purple tinged clothing.
? Memories
? Nostalgia, experience meaningful, but
over
? Memory for memory
? New beginning or relationships,
knowledgeable, environment, or a
meeting
? REVERSED: living in the
past, clinging, possible inheritance or
gift from the past
To me, this card is revisiting a time in
the past that was special. Now it may be
a time that has given you the wings to
fly, or it could be a time you return
to. Basically it calls to mind emotions
from childhood that affect our day to
day environment and how we deal with the
present.
Sam :)
SEVEN OF CUPS
From: Freya Amber Hall
This is from the Rider-Waite Deck
Description: There are seven filled cups
floating on a cloud of smoke.
There is a person standing in front of
the cups.
My view: Seven of cups is a wish card.
Each of the cups are filled with wishes
such as wealth, beauty, Peace, and a
nice home (castle) You can also see that
there is a cup with a snake and a cup
with a demon. Showing that wishes can go
awry. Many people may consider this card
a good oman. This in reality can be a
mixed blessing; be carefull for what you
wish for you may just get it and with a
price as you can see that the cup
standing for peace (olive branch) there
is a skull; there may be peace but at
what or whose cost?
Walking in the paw prints of Bast
Freya Amber, HPS
From: Prairie
The nine of cups is usually considered
the wish card, but you're right.. the
severn does caution you to beware what
you wish for. The seven is more of a
"pie-in-the-sky" type dreamers card.
Sometimes, people "dream" things they
don't want into reality. Hence, the
"bad" things coming out of the cup.
Take, for instance, (this is a true
story, by the way) the guy who had a
nice Cadillac with chrome wheels and
leather interior. For some odd reason,
all he was concerned about was somebody
stealing his radio antenna!! One day,
sure enough, someone stole his antenna!!
He manifested his reality (that someone
wanted his radio antenna enough to steal
it). That's one aspect of this card.
Guard your thoughts well. Another thing
to remember is that sevens always
indicate change of some sort, and cups
symbolize the emotions, so look for the
change to affect you emotionally.
Concentrate on positive change. The
change you hold in your thoughts is the
one that will manifest, for good or
ill.
The correspondence for this card is Venus in Scorpio. On the tree of life, this card is Victory and Venus.
Reversed, this card could indicate an unwillingness to deal with the day-to-day reality of life, a caution to get your head out of the clouds.
EIGHT OF CUPS
From: Prairie
In the eight of cups, we see a person
walking away from a stack of cups. It
obviously took some effort to build up
those cups, and stack them so neatly.
Why has this person turned their back on
them? There is nothing for him in the
direction he is walking. All we see is
barrenness. Everything he has worked for
is behind him. When this card shows up,
it indicates a person disappointed
enough to walk away from everything he
has built up. It could indicate a
disappointment in love, or a
dissatisfaction with material success.
It could also indicate that the person
has overextended himself to the point of
exhaustion. I would caution the person
to slow down and take it slower before
he gets totally burnt-out. The
astrological correspondence for this
card is Saturn in Pisces. Saturn is the
planet of discipline. Pisces is the sign
of the fish-- water; emotions. This is
saying to slow down & set some limits on
the emotions to avoid overextending
yourself to the point of exhaustion.
From: Stellie
Corwin Amber suggests :
The eight of cups is the decline of efforts made toward the attainment of something desired due to disappointment in the results received thus far. The card also denotes shyness or modesty. Your business will expand or your skills will be sought after or in demand, but there will also be a personal loss. You will do a favor for a friend or relative who is planning to travel, or you will make tentative plans to get together.
A psychologist friend once told me that when a group is ready to break up, the members give off subtle signs to that effect. They display a certain restlessness. They arrive late to meetings, communicate less and seem distracted. At some level the participants know it is time to move on, but they need a while to work up to that final step. This process applies in many situations where an ending is approaching. Nothing is permanent in life. Sooner or later, everything slips away...or we slip away from it. The 8 of Cups stands for those moments when we realize, once and for all, that the past is gone. What was true is no longer true. It is indeed time to move on. Moving on can mean a physical change such as leaving a job, location or relationship. It can also mean an inner change - releasing old patterns, especially those that have dominated our thoughts and emotions. On the 8 of Cups, we see a man leaving on a journey. He has turned away from his old feelings (cups/river) to strike out on a new path. Sometimes moving on can mean searching for a deeper truth or reality. One day we wake up and realize that we have been asleep in our own lives - living a dream that no longer satisfies. Some changes can be wearying. Endings are not always easy. One of the signs of a readiness to leave is lack of energy. When you feel tired and dispirited, you know that something is wrong, and it's time for a new direction. Reexamine your life and your priorities. You will find where in your life you need to move on.
NINE OF CUPS
From: "Christine Cover"
Nine of Cups (Pisces Cancer - March 2nd
- March 11th)
Nines -- Corresponding Major Arcana Card: The Hermit
Nines represent personal integrity & completion, or the final stage of development. Nine is associated with the Moon - therefore dreams & delusions play a role in these cards. This final stage may bring certain problems with it, & past experiences & methods of coping become important here & are an intrinsic part of the meaning attached to the nines.
Description and Exercise
Please remove the Nine of Cups (ideally
using the Waite Deck) from your deck and
place in front of you, in the upright
position. Have a pad of paper ready to
record your impressions.
You will see a rather smug-looking man
sits on a low bench in front of a curved
curtained alcove, on top of which are
displayed nine cups. He is fairly richly
dressed, and looks well fed as well. His
arms are crossed in front of him, and
his feet are planted firmly on the
ground. What do you think he is thinking
about? Why is he sitting like that, with
his arms crossed? Is he willing to share
his good fortune? Why does he have his
cups displayed in that way?
Now turn the card upside down. Record
your first impressions about the man's
stance, and the way the cups are now
sitting. Is he more, or less friendly
looking?
Continue to turn the card periodically,
recording your impressions as they come
to you.
Upright - Fulfilment
The Nine of Cups represents stability &
advancement. This is a card of great
success, especially material success. It
represents triumph, victory, and
financial well-being. The enjoyment of
good personal relationships, love &
friendship, as well as comfortable
material circumstances are indicated.
This card reflects happiness which is
either health, finances, work, luck,
love or relationship. Your desires will
be fulfilled, and this fulfilment will
bring with it much satisfaction and
contentment.
This is the traditional wish card, so whatever the querent desires here can be theirs -- however, everything does come with a price, and they should be careful what they wish for because they are likely to receive it! I usually warn my clients think over their desires very carefully, and make sure that if their wish is fulfilled, it is for their long-term good and happiness.
Reversed - Negative Self-Criticism
In the reversed position, the Nine of
Cups can point to disappointments due to
imperfections and mistakes, smugness,
overindulgence, greed, superficial or
materialistic values, shallowness,
gluttony, and excessive preoccupation
with gratifying your own desires,
oftentimes at the expense of the needs
of others. It can also indicate
ill-fortune due to over-indulgence in
food, alcohol, or drugs and the
consequences that come with it.
It can also point to a wish that is not
yet fulfilled, perhaps because it is
desired too intensely or the querent is
sabotaging their own efforts. Sometimes
this card shows up reversed when the
person being read to is going through a
depression or lack of self-worth.
Spell/Meditation (from "The Enchanted
Tarot" by Monte & Amy Farber) )
In the dark of a waning moon hold a
heart-shaped piece of glass, metal or
stone to your breast and think of your
wish. Chant these words: "Heart light,
heart bright, what I desire feels so
right. I wish I may, I wish I might,
have this wish come true tonight".
TEN OF CUPS
From: "Indra"
Isn't this a card we all want to get in
our spreads? :o)
Decks used:
Rider,
Hanson &
Roberts,
Tarot Of The Old Path
Descriptions:
RIDER:
A man and a woman (pretty
small people in this card) are standing
wit their backs against us. The man (on
the left) is holding his arm around his
wife's waist. At their side 2 children,
a boy and a girl, are dancing around
happily.
The man is dressed in an orange jacket
and the woman in a blue dress. The
children are wearing the same colors as
their parents.
The couple is looking up at a big, big
rainbow in the sky (The rainbow is what
dominates the card) In the rainbow you
can see all the ten cups. Both the man
and the woman are raising their arms
toward the rainbow.
In the background there's a grassy hill,
a river, some trees and a house hiding
behind the trees.
HANSON & ROBERTS:
This deck is based
on the Rider deck so the scenery is very
much the same only warmer and more
beautifully painted.
The man and woman stands even closer,
showing even more love towards each
other. Only the man is raising his arm
toward the rainbow and the small house
is turned in to a castle,
In this card the family is more dominant
than the rainbow and the colors of their
dresses are also different.
In the lower left corner you can see
some white flowers. Marguerites?
TAROT OF THE OLD PATH:
We find the
happy family in this card too but here
they are facing us. The woman is dressed
in a long sky-blue furtrimmed dress.
She's wearing some kind of
old-fashioned, high hat ( A high hat in
this deck usually describes a "thinking
person" some one with good mental
capability. ) The man is s also dressed
din blue, with a pattern of what seems
to be the French lilies and a fur
collar. The furtrimming on the dresses
shows us that they are wealthy people
and the blue symbolizes the element of
water.
Both the woman and the man are raising a
cauldron in their left hands (In this
deck cups are replaced with cauldrons.)
In front of the parents one single child
is playing with a cauldron in his (her?)
hand.
The rest of the cauldrons are placed on
the grassy ground in a circle round the
family (Which I as wicca see as the
magick circle). The cauldron in the
front is filled with water.
In the background you can see the same
castle as in the Hanson & Roberts deck,
on a hill with a waterfall running down
from the hill.
But where is the rainbow that was shown
in the other decks? If you just look a
bit closer you'll see it reflected on
the cauldrons.
Meaning:
To me this card symbolizes the family
(pretty obvious, huh?) or maybe another
group of people that you feel very close
too, happiness, security and safety
(both inner and outer), love, comfort
and the home (or the feeling you get
when you feel at home)
You have reached your goal and found
your way home. But if you look in the
sky you'll find that there are more
wonderful things coming (so don't stop
reaching for the rainbow even though
you've gotten this far). Not only the
present is wonderful, but also the
future.
In Sweden there's an old saying (Maybe you've got the same one?) that where the rainbow ends you'll find a treasure hidden? Have you ever seen where the rainbows ends? Is it even possible? I have seen it!!! It ended in the place which I call "the home of my heart" That place is a true treasure for me. (I never dug for the gold one LOL.) This is also what this card symbolizes for me, the true home of my heart and soul.
Homework:
Where is your home of the heart and
soul? When or where do you feel at home?
What is the treasure in your life? What
would you find where the rainbow
ends?
Blessed be!
Indra!
MEDITATION BY KAT
From:Kat
Subject: meditation on cups
I use the Hanson-Roberts deck. For each card, I have typed in my impressions I received during meditation.
Ace of Cups-I've just woken up to a lovely morning...I go out into the courtyard and try to fill my cup from the fountain...I eagerly try to catch one of those streams of water so that I can quenched my thirst.
2 of Cups--I have filled my cup and one for my friend too. We toast to each other's good health.
3 of Cups--More friends have arrived...now there is a party filled with laughter.
4 of Cups--I see someone sitting under a tree across the courtyard. Next to this person is three cups on a rock. A forth one is being offered to the sitter who is lost in thought and sees neither what is next to him/her or in front of him/her.
5 of Cups--On the patio I see another person who is extremely upset about upsetting a tray of drinks, and doesn't see that more drinks are just behind them. They are paying more attention about what is lost than what is on hand.
6 of Cups--2 children come in off the street carrying flowers...makes me think of my sister and I at that age bringing flowers in for Mom to put into vases.
7 of Cups--Merlin suddenly appears in the middle of my gathering and offers me 7 cups. Each cup holds something wonderful! I can't decide which one to choose. I ooh and ahh over each one...going back and forth.
8 of Cups--Night has fallen and I see someone leave. Their eyes are fixed on something in the distance that I can't see but has caught their attention so fixedly that they forget to say good-bye.
9 of Cups--In walks a man who is extremely pleased with himself, he almost struts. But he is not looking where he is going and if he is not careful he will trip...all because of his pride in a recent accomplishment.
10 of Cups--My husband and I wave good-bye to our friends after a lovely evening. Then he leans over and kisses me. We are happy to have seen our friends but are content that they are leaving. In the background I can hear our children giggling.
B*B--Feisty Kat
