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Ace of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Ace of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of new love, emotional opening, intuition; reversed, of blocked emotions, emptiness. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Ace of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWater

Upright meaning

“The waters are blessed, the living waters, the drawling of the waters of life; A guest is coming; an opportunity, gift, grace, favour, or a heart which is leading in the path of initiation”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: new love, emotional opening, intuition, compassion, creativity.

Reversed meaning

“Pleasure arising from prior pain; a gift withheld; the withholding or restraint of pleasure; or dissatisfaction”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: blocked emotions, emptiness, unrequited feelings.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): the seed of the function — pure potential asking to be lived.

Astrology

Root of the powers of Water — the seed of the water triplicity (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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