Five of Cups

The Five of Cups is a Minor Arcana tarot card.

Meanings and interpretations

The Five of Cups is related to the Water (🜄) element, planet Mars (♂), and Scorpio.

This card can carry a meaning of dejection, disappointment and sorrow over past events. It can also represent a blindness to good in a given situation. Although the person wearing a black cloak pictured on the card has lost three cups, two still stand, and they failed to appreciate what is left. A river flows under a bridge leading to a safe destination, and yet they focus on their three lost cups.

Symbols

Spilled Cups – Lost happiness and disappointments Black Cloak – Isolation and grief Standing Cups – Remaining opportunities and support Bridge – A path forward beyond grief

Upright The key meanings of the tarot card Five of Cups:

Loss Grief Regret Sadness Dwelling on the past

Reversed The key meanings of Five of Cups, if reversed are:

Hope Acceptance Recovery Moving forward

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