- Suit
- Cups
- Keywords
- Celebration • Friendship
- Astrology
- Mercury in Cancer, 2nd decan
- Yes or no
- Yes
Celebration and friendship; good news shared, the warmth you feel in good company.
Three of Cups upright
Celebration and friendship; good news shared, the warmth you feel in good company. Cups belong to water: feelings, relationships and intuition. A Cups card asks what you feel, not what you think.
Three of Cups reversed
Company that wears you out; gossip, or a third person coming between 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
Joy shared with friends; a time when the relationship opens up to the people around you and gets introduced.
Work and money
Teamwork is going well; a shared project is reaching the point where you can celebrate.
Advice
Sharing joy makes it bigger. But a celebration that runs too long pulls you away from the real work, so set the limit yourself. And take a look at who's on the guest list.
Is Three of Cups yes or no?
Yes. This card leans toward yes: the conditions it describes support what you are asking about.
Astrological correspondence
In the Golden Dawn system, which the Rider-Waite-Smith deck was drawn within, Three of Cups corresponds to Mercury in Cancer, 2nd decan.
