Seven of Cups
illusions · too many choices · daydreams · fantasy
Card art: Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, for A. E. Waite. Public domain.
The suit of Cups
In a few words
- illusions
- too many choices
- daydreams
- fantasy
Seven cups in the clouds, each holding a dream. Too many options, not all of them real.
Upright
- Everything
- Seven cups in the clouds, each holding a dream. Too many options, not all of them real.
- Love
- Fantasy over the actual person. Or several attractions and no decision.
- Work
- Scattered ambitions. Pick one that can be built and let the others be dreams.
- Money
- Schemes that glitter. If it promises everything, it is one of the cloud cups.
- Myself
- Imagination is a gift; drifting is not a plan. Choose, then act.
Fairy favours, images of reflection, sentiment, imagination, things seen in the glass of contemplation; some attainment in these degrees, but nothing permanent or substantial is suggested.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 212
Reversed
- Everything
- The fog clears and you see which cup is real. Clarity, a decision made.
- Love
- Seeing the person as they are. Choosing one path and meaning it.
- Work
- Focus after distraction. The realistic option chosen.
- Money
- Waking from a get-rich dream. Sober planning takes over.
- Myself
- Grounded again. The daydream served; now the work.
Desire, will, determination, project.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 212
The card, as Waite described it
Strange chalices of vision, but the images are more especially those of the fantastic spirit.The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), p. 212
The plain-word meanings on this page were written for ShreeJyoti and are still under review.