Ace of Cups
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Cups is the suit of emotion, inner states, feelings, relationships, memories, spiritual experiences. This suit talks about friendship, family, love and happiness. The cup is the container of something sacred. It is the suit of artists, musicians, creativity, healing, imagination. In it's negative form it can represent anger, resentment, misunderstandings, hurt, pain, rejection, disputes, divorce, conflict, inconsiderate behaviour.
Aces = One = Pure Potential
Aces represent the beginning of a cycle, new beginnings, the creative principle, the root force, births, new projects, leadership, raw energy.
Aces = One = Pure Potential
Aces represent the beginning of a cycle, new beginnings, the creative principle, the root force, births, new projects, leadership, raw energy.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
The waters are beneath, and thereon are water-lilies; the hand issues from the cloud, holding in its palm the cup, from which four streams are pouring; a dove, bearing in its bill a cross-marked Host, descends to place the Wafer in the Cup; the dew of water is falling on all sides. It is an intimation of that which may lie behind the Lesser Arcana.
Divinatory Meanings: House of the true heart, joy, content, abode, nourishment, abundance, fertility; Holy Table, felicity hereof.
Reversed: House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Ace. Inflexible will, unalterable law. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.
Divinatory Meanings: House of the true heart, joy, content, abode, nourishment, abundance, fertility; Holy Table, felicity hereof.
Reversed: House of the false heart, mutation, instability, revolution.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana
Ace. Inflexible will, unalterable law. Reversed: Unexpected change of position.
Upright
Life's wellspring.
With this card resonating to the number one, we have the beginning of the opening of the heart.
Whether it is love, joy, beauty or health, this is the beginning of all good things.
It can also indicate a breakthrough in spiritual development.
Make the choice that best supports your relationships and your inner world.
There is a strong element of love surrounding you.
Bounty, positive cash flow.
New offers on the way.
Opportunities out of the blue.
Process of creation.
Kind messages.
Excellent health.
Falling in love, romance, marriage.
Pregnancy.
Lovers, artists, psychics, counsellors, compassionate persons.
Being happy.
Deep emotional connections.
New ways to appreciate the love you already have.
Blessings from above.
Go with the flow, be the flow.
Discover within you a river of peace.
With this card resonating to the number one, we have the beginning of the opening of the heart.
Whether it is love, joy, beauty or health, this is the beginning of all good things.
It can also indicate a breakthrough in spiritual development.
Make the choice that best supports your relationships and your inner world.
There is a strong element of love surrounding you.
Bounty, positive cash flow.
New offers on the way.
Opportunities out of the blue.
Process of creation.
Kind messages.
Excellent health.
Falling in love, romance, marriage.
Pregnancy.
Lovers, artists, psychics, counsellors, compassionate persons.
Being happy.
Deep emotional connections.
New ways to appreciate the love you already have.
Blessings from above.
Go with the flow, be the flow.
Discover within you a river of peace.
Reversed
Excessive emotion, excessive water as in a flood, violent rain storm or a blizzard (Elizabeth Hazel)
Unfortunate and abrupt changes.
A heart that is not as open as it should be.
Avoiding love.
A sense of feeling unwanted or uncared for.
Unrequited love.
Being disappointed, lonely, uncertain and emotionally off-centre.
Divorce.
Emptiness of soul, spirit, body or mind.
Bored or tired of the same old conditions.
Selfishness.
Being unloving.
Selfish claim of love.
A family member that disapproves of a relationship.
A need for balance - you love too intensely or not at all.
Being out of touch with what bring you joy.
Dealing with false values.
Making a show of generosity to cover a lack of emotional intimacy.
Minor illness if you allow your immune system to run down.
False pregnancy or a pregnancy that comes at a bad time.
Unfortunate and abrupt changes.
A heart that is not as open as it should be.
Avoiding love.
A sense of feeling unwanted or uncared for.
Unrequited love.
Being disappointed, lonely, uncertain and emotionally off-centre.
Divorce.
Emptiness of soul, spirit, body or mind.
Bored or tired of the same old conditions.
Selfishness.
Being unloving.
Selfish claim of love.
A family member that disapproves of a relationship.
A need for balance - you love too intensely or not at all.
Being out of touch with what bring you joy.
Dealing with false values.
Making a show of generosity to cover a lack of emotional intimacy.
Minor illness if you allow your immune system to run down.
False pregnancy or a pregnancy that comes at a bad time.
Links
- Wikipedia
- General information
- Angel Paths
- The Ace of Cups from the Thoth tarot explained
- Tarot Teachings
- The Morgan Greer symbolism and meaning
- Aleph Tarot
- The cards of our deck have been crafted by Fernando Gumppenberg. Their design was created around 1820 in Milan in Lombardy.
- ATA
- Everything starts with love, so they say, and this is certainly true of the Cups suit. The Ace of Cups is the initial flow of emotion that could become a mighty river is given time and attention. It is the planted - but still dormant - seed of great love and affection in the future, the ...
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