Four of Cups
The Four of Cups is a meditative card that calls for withdrawal and introspection, urging you to take time alone to clarify your priorities. It asks you to keep your own counsel and generate a big-picture vision for your life. The card warns against ignoring opportunities or potential suitors and can signal stubbornness or an unwillingness to decide. When it concerns another person they may be stuck or unreachable; as advice, it encourages you to make a choice rather than block your own progress.
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Meaning
Are you ignoring the realities of the world around you? Do you need some time alone to figure yourself out?
Meditative Withdrawal
The Four of Cups is a meditative card that asks us to keep our own counsel. Like the Four of Swords, this card suggests a time-out for both the mind and the body. You might not want to answer the phone, let alone RSVP to a friend's soirée. You need some focus time to generate a big-picture vision for your life.
Suitors and Stubbornness
When the Four of Cups appears, you could be ignoring a potential suitor. Trust your intuition—it may be the wrong time, or they could be the wrong person. The Four of Cups can also bring stubbornness and an unwillingness to make a decision. At work, this could look like insisting things are done your way, whether or not your boss approves.
Other Person or Advice
If the Four of Cups in your reading refers to another person, they may be stuck in their ways. Alternatively, there could have been a break in communication that neither party will repair. When the Four of Cups refers to you, don't block your own progress. Make a choice and it will become the correct one.
Visual Description
A young figure sits cross-legged on a grassy blue mound beneath a dark tree, arms folded and gaze turned slightly away. Three cups are stacked on the ground to the left while a hand emerging from a swirl of cloud offers a fourth blue cup. A black bird perches on the sitter's white, star-speckled hair. The sky is pale yellow with white clouds and small flowers dot the grass around the figure.
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