Card 44 • cups

Nine of Cups

Brief Description

Nine of Cups is traditionally the Wish card, indicating that desires are likely to be fulfilled. It suggests you have made sound choices and are now enjoying the pleasing results of those decisions. While modern interpretations emphasize earning blessings through effort rather than magic, this card marks a period when life feels very satisfying. The card advises gratitude, counting blessings, and sharing good fortune with others. Reversed, it warns of overindulgence, selfishness, dissatisfaction, and regret.

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Divinatory Meaning

In the old days, this was called the Wish card. If it turned up in your reading it meant that your wish would come true. Today, we don't go in so much for wishes being granted, preferring instead to earn our blessings through hard work. The truth probably lies in the middle ground: you've made some good choices and the results are very pleasing to you. For this moment, at least, you feel like life is pretty darn good.

Advice

Count your blessings, practice gratitude, and share your good fortune with others.

Reversed

Overindulgence, selfishness, dissatisfaction, regret.

Visual Description

A smiling figure stands with eyes closed, wearing a red cap and a fur-trimmed coat, hands relaxed at their sides. Nine golden cups float in an arc above the figure's head, set against rays of light and soft, billowing clouds. The scene is suffused with a warm, golden glow and gentle blue clouds swirling around the lower foreground. The composition emphasizes calm contentment and a sense of reward gathered overhead.

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