Page 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.
Pages are known as the "messenger" cards and bring news about the suit they represent. The Page of Cups is the Messenger of Love.
Elementally, this Page is Earth of Water - Earthly manifestations of emotional issues.
Pages are known as the "messenger" cards and bring news about the suit they represent. The Page of Cups is the Messenger of Love.
Elementally, this Page is Earth of Water - Earthly manifestations of emotional issues.
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
The Pictorial Key to the Tarot by Arthur Edward Waite (1911)
A fair, pleasing, somewhat effeminate page, of studious and intent aspect, contemplates a fish rising from a cup to look at him. It is the pictures of the mind taking form.
Divinatory Meanings: Fair young man, one impelled to render service and with whom the Querent will be connected; a studious youth; news, message; application, reflection, meditation; also these things directed to business.
Reversed: Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana:
Page: Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love.
Reversed: Obstacles of all kinds.
A fair, pleasing, somewhat effeminate page, of studious and intent aspect, contemplates a fish rising from a cup to look at him. It is the pictures of the mind taking form.
Divinatory Meanings: Fair young man, one impelled to render service and with whom the Querent will be connected; a studious youth; news, message; application, reflection, meditation; also these things directed to business.
Reversed: Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice.
Some Additional Meanings of the Lesser Arcana:
Page: Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love.
Reversed: Obstacles of all kinds.
Upright
Messenger of love.
Give everyone a chance.
Deeply sensitive and easily hurt by criticism.
Good news, invitation.
Time for meditation or reflection in personal life.
Compassion, gratitude.
Card of the performing artist, helpful youth of artistic temperament.
Playful, imaginative, full of fun and surprises.
Love is in the air, love letters, thank you notes.
Nostalgia, innocence, inexperience.
Tenderness, sensuality, discretion.
Sweetness, kindness and desire to be happy.
Someone has a way with animals and possible can communicate with them.
Developing psychic abilities.
Loyal friend, trustworthy worker.
Lives for the distractions and not the mundane.
"What a great universe. Anything can happen!"
Lives for the distractions, not the mundane.
An opportunity to express your creative side - indulge yourself.
Consider what you feel, what you want - and be honest with others about it.
Give everyone a chance.
Deeply sensitive and easily hurt by criticism.
Good news, invitation.
Time for meditation or reflection in personal life.
Compassion, gratitude.
Card of the performing artist, helpful youth of artistic temperament.
Playful, imaginative, full of fun and surprises.
Love is in the air, love letters, thank you notes.
Nostalgia, innocence, inexperience.
Tenderness, sensuality, discretion.
Sweetness, kindness and desire to be happy.
Someone has a way with animals and possible can communicate with them.
Developing psychic abilities.
Loyal friend, trustworthy worker.
Lives for the distractions and not the mundane.
"What a great universe. Anything can happen!"
Lives for the distractions, not the mundane.
An opportunity to express your creative side - indulge yourself.
Consider what you feel, what you want - and be honest with others about it.
Reversed
Messages don't arrive or a happy message is delayed.
Moody, brooding, prone to tears.
A child that needs special attention or medication.
A liar.
A lazy person.
Selfishness.
Neglect.
Oppression of talent.
Withdrawn and uncommunicative.
Insecure, oversensitive.
Seducer and a flirt, shallow, devious, pretentious.
Superficial love, flattery.
Falsehood, deception.
Being irresponsible, wasting time.
Feeling sorry for yourself.
Masquerading as an artist.
Passive/aggressive behaviour.
A woman who tries to look younger than she is.
Moody, brooding, prone to tears.
A child that needs special attention or medication.
A liar.
A lazy person.
Selfishness.
Neglect.
Oppression of talent.
Withdrawn and uncommunicative.
Insecure, oversensitive.
Seducer and a flirt, shallow, devious, pretentious.
Superficial love, flattery.
Falsehood, deception.
Being irresponsible, wasting time.
Feeling sorry for yourself.
Masquerading as an artist.
Passive/aggressive behaviour.
A woman who tries to look younger than she is.
Links
- Biddy Tarot
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- Joan Bunning
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- ATA
- Why is it that young people have such vivid emotions and wild imaginations? Perhaps it is because, like the Page of Cups, they have never been taught to suppress their innate emotional and intuitive power. The Page of Cups is a person whose imagination is totally free, free to ...
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