Cups: Emotions, Love, and Connection

# The Suit of Water

Cups correspond to the element Water and govern the realm of emotions, love, relationships, and spirituality. Cups fill and overflow — they speak of emotional abundance or emotional spillover. It is the most sentimental and relational suit.

Cups speak of your emotional life, your intimate relationships, and your spiritual connection. Too many Cups suggests you are overwhelmed by emotions. Too few Cups suggests emotional disconnection.

The Ace of Cups brings pure love and spiritual connection — a gift of the heart. The Two of Cups is emotional partnership — two hearts uniting. The Three of Cups brings communal joy — friends and celebration.

The Four of Cups shows emotional apathy or refusal of an offered gift — you are too closed off to receive. The Five of Cups speaks of loss and grief — but notice that some cups remain upright. The Six of Cups brings innocence and nostalgia — joy rediscovered.

The Seven of Cups shows illusions — dreams and fantasies rather than reality. The Eight of Cups speaks of walking away from what is not working — seeking a deeper truth. The Nine of Cups is emotional fulfillment — the granting of "wishes."

The Ten of Cups is family and domestic happiness — love rooted in structure and durability.