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Three of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Three of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of celebration, friendship, community; reversed, of isolation, gossip. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Three of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWaterMercury in Cancer

Upright meaning

“The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: celebration, friendship, community, joy, gathering.

Reversed meaning

“Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: isolation, gossip, overindulgence, third party intrusion.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): first synthesis — growth through cooperation of psychic forces.

Astrology

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

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