![]() It reminds us that sadness, anxiety, jealousy and other negative emotions are part of the human experience that we all share so we should open up to a loved one that we trust as it helps us process and overcome them. When we see the Five of Cups reversed in a reading it is asking us to accept the more negative feelings we feel and express them fully. But undoubtedly this tends to make them worse when they eventually do break through and it can also prolong our suffering much longer. When we’re upset or mourning it can be very tempting to bottle up and try to push negative feelings away. “You cannot protect yourself from sadness without also protecting yourself from happiness.” - Jonathan Safran Foer Five of Cups Reversed Meaning These cards offer comfort and support that give us space to open up and express all of our emotions and heal. ‘Sad cards’ in tarot don’t predict fresh doom and gloom so they shouldn’t be feared. We’d pull a card that wouldn’t resonate with our current circumstances and it would be like gaslighting ourselves that things are fine when they clearly aren’t. Though a completely positive only tarot deck may sound nice on the surface it wouldn’t help us very much when we are sad. We need to see these less than happy times represented so that when these times come along we have a card and therefore a space to discuss and process these feelings. Tarot includes cards which honor the highs and lows of all aspects of our life. There are some cards in tarot which are more negative than others. The mourning actions of this person are clearly justifies. Water is a vital commodity in a climate like this so spilling any is a big loss. The background is gray and a thin stream of water meanders into the distance around sparse surroundings. In their grief the person doesn’t notice the 2 full cups behind them. The cups have been upturned spilling the liquid. They hang their head and appear to weep over the 3 cups in front of them. ![]() Their face is turned away and they are mostly hidden so their gender is ambiguous. In the traditional card from the Rider Waite Smith deck the Five of Cup’s artwork depicts a lone figure stood in a black cape. The Five of Cups is 5th card of cups which is one of 4 suits that make up the minor arcana of tarot. "Hers has angels on it, suggesting she's really in tune with her spirituality-but the lid means she keeps things more to herself, and those emotions she's led by are pretty contained," which helps her lead with a steady and grounded approach, she explains.Keywords: Heartbreak, recovery, sadness, grief, loss, healing, overcoming trauma, acceptance, moving on, feeling let down, disappointmentĮlement: Water (emotions) Five of Cups Tarot Card Description "In all the other suits and cups, the cups are open," Magdaleno adds. Notably, the Queen of Cups is also the only card with a cup that is closed. "She's obviously very influenced by her emotions and intuition-but she's grounded at the same time," Magdaleno says. She notes that in the traditional Rider Waite Smith deck card, you can see the Queen sitting right on the edge of water, with one of her feet on the pebbles and one in the water, representing that she's balanced in what she does. ![]() The Cup suit in tarot is connected to water, Magdaleno explains, which is all about rebirth, emotion, and intuition. ![]() "She's very supportive, guided by her heart, and sometimes she can represent psychic abilities, too," she adds. The Queen of Cups is a very intuitive figure that carries a mothering, nurturing quality, tarot reader and author of The Big Book of Tarot Readings Sam Magdaleno tells mbg. ![]()
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