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

Ace of Cups

The Ace of Cups opens the field of feeling: a new sentiment presents itself and asks for space to move freely.

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What the card shows

A hand comes out of a cloud and holds a cup from which water overflows in five streams. A dove descends towards it, a branch in its beak, above a pool.

Its light

Naming what you feel tells you what matters: a welcomed emotion guides better than tight reasoning, and the full cup waters everything around it.

Its shadow

The opening overflows and you lend the other intentions he does not hold. What you feel takes the shape of a fact, and the relationship settles on a false reading.

Keywords

openingemotionwelcomeaffectionreceptivity

Notes on the symbolism

RWS. Ace of Cups. Waite gives the four aces a heavenly origin: the device turns the isolated object into an offering, and that offering spreads as a spring.

What this card invites you to do

Give room to what rises without closing your eyes, and say it before you turn it into a reproach. Welcoming does not oblige you to accept everything.

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

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