Nine of Cups
satisfaction · a wish granted · contentment · plenty
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Cups
In a few words
- satisfaction
- a wish granted
- contentment
- plenty
A man seated before nine cups, arms folded, pleased. The wish card: contentment and plenty.
Upright
- Everything
- A man seated before nine cups, arms folded, pleased. The wish card: contentment and plenty.
- Love
- Happiness in love, a wish fulfilled. Enjoy it without looking for the catch.
- Work
- Satisfaction with what you have achieved. Recognition and comfort in your work.
- Money
- Financial comfort. Enough, and a little to enjoy.
- Myself
- Contentment. Notice it; it is rarer than success.
Concord, contentment, physical bien-être; also victory, success, advantage; satisfaction for the Querent or person for whom the consultation is made.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 208
Reversed
- Everything
- The wish granted and still hollow. Smugness, overindulgence, or a want that never fills.
- Love
- Comfort without depth. Or wanting more and never enjoying what is here.
- Work
- Complacency. Or success that does not feel like your own.
- Money
- Spending on pleasure to fill a gap. Money cannot buy the cup you want.
- Myself
- Chasing satisfaction outside. It is a mood, not a purchase.
Truth, loyalty, liberty; but the readings vary and include mistakes, imperfections, etc.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 208
The card, as Waite described it
A goodly personage has feasted to his heart's content, and abundant refreshment of wine is on the arched counter behind him, seeming to indicate that the future is also assured. The picture offers the material side only, but there are other aspects.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 208
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.