Card 39 • cups

Four of Cups

Brief Description

The Four of Cups represents a state beyond simple pleasure, where one quenches their thirst with the drink of life itself. This card speaks to the experience of embracing both beauty and terror as part of existence. It suggests a deeper appreciation for life's complexities, moving beyond surface-level satisfaction to genuine engagement with reality. The card invites contemplation of life's full spectrum of experiences.

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Meaning

This is more than simple pleasure - quenching one's thirst with the drink of life, enjoying both the beautiful and the terrible.

Visual Description

A pale green-skinned figure kneels at the edge of a shallow pool, head crowned by a large pink-purple flower, leaning forward with one hand touching the water. A red crab or small lobster clings to the bank near the figure's hand while four golden cups sit in the foreground on the water's surface. Steep gray cliffs frame the scene on either side beneath a warm yellow sky, an ornate cup symbol appears in the black top border, and the numeral 4 is printed at the bottom center.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Marco Nizzoli, Barbara Moore

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