- Suit
- Cups
- Keywords
- Grief • Loss
- Astrology
- Mars in Scorpio, 1st decan
- Yes or no
- No
Grieving a loss; staring at what spilled and missing what's still standing.
Five of Cups upright
Grieving a loss; staring at what spilled and missing what's still standing. Cups belong to water: feelings, relationships and intuition. A Cups card asks what you feel, not what you think.
Five of Cups reversed
Grief easing; noticing the two cups still standing behind you.
A reversed card is not automatically bad news. It can mean the upright meaning is weaker, turned inward, or flipped; the cards around it tell you which.
In love and relationships
Mourning after a loss in love. You keep looking at what's gone and can't yet see what's still there.
Work and money
A lost job or a missed opportunity; disappointment that still feels fresh.
Advice
While you stare at what spilled, you miss what's still standing. The loss is real, but it isn't the whole picture. Writing down what you still have helps more than counting what you lost.
Is Five of Cups yes or no?
No. This card leans toward no, or not like this: what you are asking about runs into the obstacle the card describes.
Astrological correspondence
In the Golden Dawn system, which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn within, Five of Cups corresponds to Mars in Scorpio, 1st decan.
