Seven of Cups
The Seven of Cups is about choices and options, often requiring surrounding context to interpret. It highlights conflicting desires and guides towards identifying true desires. It suggests the need to discern among multiple options by introspection and self-awareness.
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Introduction
The Seven of Cups is another one of those cards that has eluded me in its precise meaning and always made me pull my books out when I got it in a reading. It's a very versatile card, and while it can absolutely give the reader guidance on its own, I find that it makes the most sense to me in the context of a spread. I think it's because this card is about choices and options, all of them literally represented in the cups that float above the figure. So, it is the cards around the Seven—or the circumstances present in our life at the time of the reading—that help narrow down those options.
Identifying Desires
The Seven of Cups is a card that can help identify the push and pull of our different, maybe even conflicting, desires. It can also guide us towards what we really want.
Guiding Choices
Frequently, I will tell the querents I'm reading for that they have many options before them, but if they really think about it and listen to themselves, they'll know what the right choice, the right answer, is.
Symbols Interpretation Overview
I changed the symbolism of the objects in the cups a little from the ones in the Smith-Waite illustration. Their interpretation is entirely up to the reader. But my thoughts on their meaning are as follows:
Pomegranates
growth, renewal, fruition, rebirth, transformation, desire, carnal drive
Skull
rebirth, change, vanity, transition
Books and scrolls
knowledge, new skills, exploration of talents, education, learning
Castle
home, hearth, comfort, aspiration, social improvement, security
Moon and stars
dreams, fantasy, imagination, inspiration
Mask
the self, different aspects of our persona, public and private faces, vanity, truth, self-expression
Crown
power, popularity, social circle
Fyodor Pavlov tarot
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