Ten of Cups
The Ten of Cups symbolizes familial love, harmony, and stability, reflecting the emotional life within a family unit. It represents tranquility and joy derived from healthy relationships. Reversed, it highlights the absence of these qualities, urging the pursuit of supportive connections elsewhere.
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Conceptualization
This was one of the earliest cards I conceptualized when I was first starting the deck. The Smith-Waite deck is a product of its time, and all romantic relationships within it are depicted as heterosexual. Many writers of tarot books will remind us that of course the cards are not meant to be interpreted by the binary—a man can pull the High Priestess card and channel that energy in his life in that moment—but, at the end of the day, the visuals we see and take in matter. The visual is a short-hand, and while in my mind I can interpret the cards as freely as I wish, I also wanted to push the limits of how I visually represented the meanings of the cards.
One Strong Word Association
Though each tarot card has so many meanings woven into it, each of which changes with every reader’s interpretation and the context in which the card is pulled, I always tend to think of one strong word association. "Family" is the one I think of every time I look at the Ten of Cups. There is more than one family card in the deck, but this one brings to mind very strong associations of familial love, harmony and stability for me.
Emotional Life of a Family Unit
The focus is specifically on the emotional life of a family unit. There can be as many family configurations in the world as there are people that make them up, and each person brings a different energy to the whole. Many of us are shaped by the generational struggles, the differences of personality, and the exchanges we have with our family members. Often, these relationships both nurture us and damage us as people. If Cups represent our feelings and the status of our mental health and emotional landscape, then the Ten of Cups shows us the tranquility and joy that can be cultivated through the pursuit of healthy, supportive, respectful and caring familial bonds. Reversed, it may show us that this is what is missing from our lives and it encourages us to seek it elsewhere if we cannot get it from our biological relations. Family is what you make it.
Fyodor Pavlov tarot
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