Card 36 • cups

Ace of Cups

Brief Description

The Ace of Cups symbolizes the pure, overflowing source of emotion and spiritual nourishment, represented by crystal clear water issuing from the source. It signals renewal, deep connection to the self and the universe, and the opening to unconditional love and compassion. This card often heralds a time of heightened intuition and potent emotions, inviting us to let feelings flow and to pay attention to dreams. It can indicate a new relationship or a rekindled connection with ourselves, art, or spiritual experience that awakens the heart.

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Keywords

Emotional fertility, unconditional love, renewal, connection to Source.

Description

Aces represent the raw, pure element of their suit, and so the Ace of Cups is crystal clear water, issuing straight from the source. Water is the feeling heart, the overflowing soul, the fluidity of our essential essence that knows no form or container. Here, the bright water overflows from a coffee cup bearing the water glyph, as if infinitely being replenished from within. The water flows into a hand opened to receive it and trickles into a boundless, glowing pool! This is the source of all love, all dreams, all intuition, an endless well from which we all drink. Above the cup, a bleeding communion wafer hangs in the air, surrounded by seven drops of blood, a reference to the spirituality, compassion, and unconditional love that the Ace of Cups offers freely.

Divinatory Meaning

In readings, the Ace of Cups can herald a time of emotional or spiritual renewal, one where we feel connected to ourselves and the universe in a new or refreshed way.

Guidance

Emotions may feel especially strong and potent, and the Ace encourages us to allow them to flow. It can signal a highly intuitive or psychic period when it would be wise to pay attention to our dreams. The card represents unconditional love, and as such can represent a beautiful new connection or relationship entering our lives, which may be with a person or with ourselves but can also be with anything that awakens our emotions, such as a stirring book or work of art, our own art, or a spiritual experience.

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Visual Description

An inverted teacup decorated with pink flower motifs floats at the top, dripping a viscous liquid downward. A thick rope runs across the center of the card and is tied into an elaborate knot, with two small ladybugs crawling on its twists. Below the rope rests a green cup full of the same liquid, splashing upward as if receiving the pour. The card border shows a small black sun in the upper right and a crescent moon in the lower left, and the bottom center bears the Roman numeral II while a faint watermark reads 'FIFTY SPIRIT©CLAIRE BURGESS'.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Charlie Claire Burgess

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