Five of Cups
The Five of Cups depicts grief and fixation on loss, shown by a figure in black staring at three spilled cups while two cups remain upright. The spilled red liquid and the distant city reachable by a bridge symbolize emotional pain and the possibility of a path away from sorrow if the person chooses to move. Upright, the card warns of depression, hopelessness, and disappointment rooted in grief for the past. Reversed, it points to recovery, renewal, and reconnection, or conversely to a blocked capacity for joy if one remains stuck.
Keywords
Description
A figure dressed all in black looks down at the ground. There are three cups in front of them, which have been spilled. Red liquid pours into the ground. Two still remain upright. A city, which can be reached by bridge, appears in the distance. The person does not move, disturbed by the event which has taken place.
Keyword
Loss in Pleasure
Correspondences
Water, Mars, Scorpio
Upright
depression; hopelessness; give up; disappointment over a loss; grief for the past.
Reversed
recovery; renewal; renewed kinship; recover from loss; block capacity for joy.
Visual Description
A darkly cloaked figure stands with head bowed on a riverbank, facing away from the viewer. Three goblets lie overturned on the ground near the figure, while two goblets remain upright a short distance away. A bridge arches across the river toward a distant castle on the far bank. Above the scene a pentagram with the Roman numeral V sits in the sky.
Heaven and Earth tarot
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