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Ten of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Ten of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of family harmony, joy, fulfillment; reversed, of family conflict, broken home. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Ten of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWaterMars in Pisces

Upright meaning

“Contentment, repose of the entire heart; the perfection of that state; also perfection of human love and friendship; if with several picture-cards, a person who is taking charge of the Querent's interests; also the town, village or country inhabited by the Querent”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: family harmony, joy, fulfillment, emotional security, home.

Reversed meaning

“Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: family conflict, broken home, disconnection.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): completion — the cycle fulfilled, and the weight of carrying it.

Astrology

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

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