Six of Cups
Six of Cups
Memories and simple kindnesses bring comfort. A connection from the past may resurface in a warm way.
Love Sweet, innocent affection or a reunion with someone from before.
Work Collaborative, generous gestures lift the mood. Old skills may be useful.
Money Small gifts and shared resources carry meaning.
Wellbeing Revisiting joyful memories or childhood pleasures restores you.
Growth You are learning to carry the best of the past into the present.
You may be ready to move forward from the past, or to see it more clearly.
Love Let old patterns go to make room for what is growing now.
Work Fresh approaches serve you better than old habits.
Money Plan for the future.
Wellbeing Balance nostalgia with presence.
Growth Honour the past without living in it.
Symbols in the glass
- Flower-filled cup kindness and innocent gifts
- Children simplicity, play and the past
- Old village memory and home
- Walking guard the passing of time
In an old village courtyard, a child offers another a cup filled with white star-shaped flowers. More flower-filled cups stand around them, and an older figure walks away in the background.
Deeper lore
- Element
- Water
- Astrology
- Sun in Scorpio (decan 10-20°)
- Dates
- 2 Nov to 12 Nov
- Golden Dawn title
- Lord of Pleasure
- Number
- Six, harmony restored: kindness, memory and innocent generosity.
- Names
- Six of Cups · Six de Coupes · 圣杯六
Waite, 1911
Waite: "a card of the past and of memories, looking back ... happiness, enjoyment, but coming rather from the past; things that have vanished". Reversed: "the future, renewal, that which will come to pass presently".
Which memory holds a gift you could bring into today?
Ask Iris about this cardFor reflection and entertainment. Meanings follow the Smith-Waite tradition.