Five of Cups
The Five of Cups represents deep anguish, bereavement, and the weight of negative emotions that can leave you frozen while others move on. It urges you to honor your sadness and experience grief rather than deny it. At the same time, the card reminds you not to let sorrow define your identity or consume your life. In its reversed position, the card signals acceptance, letting go, healing, and the possibility of finding new love or regaining your footing after pain.
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Title
Five of Cups
Poem
Dismay, despair, regret, and remorse hit the heart like great waves with momentum and force.
Meaning
The Five of Cups depicts a scene of deep anguish and bereavement. While others appear to move on, you are frozen in a state of intense suffering. This card is a reminder that while it is important to honor your sadness and experience grief, we cannot let it define who we are as people.
Reversed Meaning
In its reversed position, the Five of Cups symbolizes letting go, moving on, and learning to accept love after pain.
Upright Keywords
agony, bereavement, loss, weighed down by negativity, focusing or obsessing over the negative, trauma, guilt, anger, remorse, suffering, divorce, feeling overwhelmed by small things
Reversed Keywords
acceptance, letting go of grief, moving on, healing, replacing toxic habits with good ones, finding new love, regaining your footing, getting out of a funk
Visual Description
A large, pale shark-like sea creature arches through an oval underwater scene, a long spear or pole intersecting its body diagonally. Five goblets are arranged in the lower center, glowing in pale light with two tilted outward and three upright, set against swirling kelp, ribbons, and distant shoals of fish. The palette is cool blues and purples with a few warm red swirls, and a narrow decorative border frames the image. Small tendrils and sea plants curl around the creature and the weapon, giving a sense of submerged motion.
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