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Nine of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Nine of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of contentment, wishes fulfilled, gratitude; reversed, of dissatisfaction, unfulfilled wish. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Nine of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWaterJupiter in Pisces

Upright meaning

“Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: contentment, wishes fulfilled, gratitude, emotional satisfaction.

Reversed meaning

“Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: dissatisfaction, unfulfilled wish, inner unhappiness.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): fruition and solitude — the function ripens inwardly.

Astrology

Decan: Jupiter in Pisces. Water triplicity (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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