The Suit of Cups in Tarot is deeply connected to the element of Water, representing emotion, intuition, relationships, and the flow of feeling that shapes human experience. Where the Suit of Wands expresses action and fire, Cups speak to the inner world about love, empathy, imagination, and the capacity to connect with others on a soul-deep level.
Water, as the element of the Cups, mirrors life’s tides: calm one moment, stormy the next, always in motion. It symbolizes receptivity and reflection, teaching that true strength can arise from vulnerability and emotional honesty. When Cups appear in a reading, they often highlight matters of the heart such as how we give and receive love, how we handle loss, or how intuition guides us beneath the surface of reason.
Upright, Cups invite compassion, healing, and spiritual openness; reversed, they can point to emotional imbalance, dependency, or repression. This duality reminds us that feelings, like water, must flow freely to remain pure.
The Suit of Cups encourages emotional intelligence and self-awareness; to honor sensitivity as wisdom, not weakness. It asks us to listen to what our hearts already know: that love, empathy, and intuition are the waters that sustain the soul’s journey.
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