Four of Cups
The Four of Cups describes a state of negativity and emotional fixation that prevents you from seeing or accepting new opportunities. It warns of boredom, despondency, and inner burnout that lead to rejected chances for change and growth. The card advises sorting out your feelings so you stop missing what fate offers, and cautions against wasting energy trying to fix the past once you awaken from lethargy. Reversed, it signals a willingness to open up, revisit old opportunities for new meaning, and break free from stagnation, though some prospects may now be lost.
Keywords
Upright
The card shows the impossibility of obtaining what you want because of your negativity and fixation on your own feelings. Boredom, bleak outlook on life, despondent, inner burnout. An opportunity for change and growth is rejected, or not even considered.
Card's advice
All you need to be happy is to sort out your feelings. While you're being sad, you're missing the opportunities that fate offers you.
The warning
When you wake up from lethargy, there's a temptation to make up for lost time. Don't waste your energy trying to fix the past. It's better to start looking for new opportunities.
Reverse
Willingness to open up to something new. Revisiting old opportunities and looking for new meanings and resources in them. Breaking free from boredom and stagnation. Looking for new experiences and motivation. An attempt to resolve previous difficulties that have been ignored for too long. A prospect that was available now is lost.
Quick Answer
There is a possibility, but you don't want to notice it.
Visual Description
A solitary young man sits on the grass with his knees drawn up, head bowed and long hair falling forward. Three ornate cups are placed on the ground in front of him while an angel descends from the upper left offering a fourth cup labeled IV. Colorful leaves drift through the air and the sky behind is pale and textured. A ribbon at the bottom bears a Cyrillic title, and the scene feels quiet and suspended.
Old Style tarot
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