Minor arcana · Cups
5 of Cups
The Five of Cups stops the gaze on what is overturned. The two cups still standing stay behind the figure, outside his field of vision.
The Five of Cups stops the gaze on what is overturned. The two cups still standing stay behind the figure, outside his field of vision.
A figure dressed in black stands in front of three overturned cups and stares at them. Two cups stay upright behind, still intact, but she does not turn towards them.
Naming the loss without denying it gives you back a wider view: you turn your head, you count what still holds, and you start again from that remainder rather than from the lack.
Three fallen cups occupy your gaze: behind you, two cups still hold, and you let that remainder slip as long as you keep facing away.
RWS. Five of Cups. The river and the footbridge lead to the house: the English tarot reads a possible return there, and the dark cloak marks a mourning.
Give your disappointment real room, then turn round, note what still holds, and start again from that concrete remainder.
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