Nine of Cups
The Nine of Cups heralds warmth, abundance, and contentment after a period of effort, signaling fulfilled wishes and emotional satisfaction. It celebrates the playful intelligence and industriousness symbolized by the Octopus and offers a sense of security from material gain. This card highlights alignment between emotional and material needs and small indulgences as rewards for hard work. Reversed, it warns against premature celebration, overindulgence, or placing earthly pleasures above spiritual and emotional growth.
Keywords
Poem
A cup for each arm and a coin for each cup my mood and my prospects are both looking up.
Meaning
The Octopus is one of the smartest, most playful denizens of the deep, putting eight appendages as eagerly to work as to play. After the melancholic isolation of the eight, the Nine of Cups is the light at the end of the tunnel. It is a harbinger of warmth, abundance and good cheer. You have worked hard to gain material wealth, and it offers you a sense of security and contentment.
Reversed Meaning
In its reversed position, though, it may indicate that your celebration is premature, or that you are prioritizing earthly pleasures over spiritual and emotional growth.
Upright Keywords
fulfilled wishes, comfort, satisfaction, prosperity, abundance, achievement, confidence, alignment between emotional and material, contentment, small indulgences
Reversed Keywords
greed, dissatisfaction, shattered dreams, materialism, addiction, lack of fulfillment, self-hatred, arrogance
Visual Description
A large purple octopus fills the oval frame, its many curling tentacles winding around and between nine white goblets that float or rest among the arms. A full moon glows behind the creature against a deep blue, star-flecked sky, and the scene is bordered by a thin decorative frame. The goblets are evenly distributed through the composition, each standing upright and starkly white against the saturated magenta and violet of the octopus. The style is graphic and stylized, with strong contrasts and flowing organic shapes.
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