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7 of Cups, Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor arcana · Cups

7 of Cups

The Seven of Cups opens several images at once. Each cup carries a different promise, and the gaze settles on none of them.

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What the card shows

Seven cups float in clouds, each carrying a different image, a face, a precious shape or a figure. No hand holds them, and they fill the whole frame.

Its light

Setting criteria does not close your options: you set aside what stays imaginary, you keep what a concrete gesture reaches, and you find your capacity to choose again.

Its shadow

Keeping several tracks open scatters your attention among the seven cups: none ripens, and you stay in the cloud with no decision touching the ground.

Keywords

possibilitiesimaginationdesireprojectionchoice

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. Seven of Cups. Waite links it to the gifts of the fairies: the figures of the dream take the place of objects, and the laurel keeps the honours aimed at.

What this card invites you to do

Write the list of your possibilities, cross out those with no possible action within three months, then choose one track to move forward this week.

A card does not decide for you.
It shows you where to look.

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