Ten of Cups
The Ten of Cups represents full materialization and crystallization of emotional experience, marking the culmination of the suit. In the water element this is an afterglow beyond ecstasy, where intense feelings settle and often dissipate when observed. Fully realized emotions can leave one exhausted, so the card speaks to satiety and the need to let go. It encourages gratitude for the experience while advising that it is time to move on to other things.
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Correspondences
Mars in Pisces
Keywords
Passing the zenith, calm, the ability to enjoy and to let go, completion, having enough
Meaning
In the 10s all elements are subjected to full materialization. The 10s are dominated by the planet Earth. They are the most solid and crystallized manifestation of each suit.
Meaning — Water and Feelings
For the element of Water and in the realm of feelings, this means that we have passed the point of ecstasy and are now sinking into the afterglow of an intense emotional experience. It is the nature of emotions that they cannot be pinned down. If they are fully materialized and we consciously examine them, they tend to evaporate. If you are in a moment of intense fear or happiness and you consciously acknowledge that feeling, it loses its intensity and dissolves.
Meaning — Satiety
A fully materialized feeling also may leave us somewhat exhausted, and so the impulse of the card is satiety, the feeling that we’ve had enough. We may be grateful for the experience, but it’s time to let go and move on to other things.
Exploring the Card
As an image, the 10 of Cups shows the mermaid’s window in the prefects' bathroom. What better way to unwind after a long day at school and keeping everyone in line than in a nice long, hot soak of water watching the play of light in the colorful panes of shimmering glass.
Visual Description
A tall Gothic stained-glass window with three lancet panels fills the image; the central panel contains a seated mermaid-like figure and the flanking panels each show two chalices, one above the other. Above the lancets are three rounded tracery lights depicting paired trees and a distant landscape. The lower part of the composition shows a rippling reflection of the window and ornate swirling filigree surrounds the scene. The palette is monochrome pencil or ink, emphasizing linework, texture and stylized wave patterns behind the figures and cups.
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