Nine of Cups
The Nine of Cups describes emotional distance and control, where love and feelings are kept at a safe distance to avoid potential pain, which can lead to a shallow or vain existence despite mounting success and accumulated wealth. It highlights organization, orderliness, and keeping up an outward appearance of success, sometimes resulting in repressing emotions in order to maintain objectivity or control. Reversed, the card warns of possible financial loss, ignored emotional matters that demand attention, or an organized life thrown into disarray, and may indicate an attempt at greater intimacy from someone who usually keeps distance. In magickal work it is useful for spells and charms that aid organization and resource accumulation and for meditations to gain objectivity; reversed, it can be used to open the heart and encourage more honest emotional sharing.
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Description
Love and emotions are kept at a safe distance so as to avoid potential pain; a shallow or vain existence; mounting success; accumulating wealth; monetary success; greed; organization; getting one's ducks in a row; keeping up an outward appearance of success; being too controlling in a romantic or familial relationship; orderliness; a need for more passion and spontaneity; a person who has trouble opening up emotionally out of fear of what they can't control; repressing one's emotions in order to maintain or achieve objectivity regarding a particular situation, or in order to maintain an appearance of control.
Reversed
A financial loss; an emotional matter that has been avoided or ignored demands attention; an organized life is thrown into disarray; disorganization and chaos; an attempt at more emotional intimacy from one who usually attempts to maintain distance; a need to get organized; a need to get plans and resources in order before one gains the success they seek.
Magickal Uses
Useful in spells and charms to aid in organization, to support the accumulation of resources, and in meditations to help gain greater objectivity when emotions are clouding your viewpoint. Reversed, it can be used in magick intended to open the heart and encourage a more complete and honest sharing of emotions.
Visual Description
Under a full moon a turbaned, genie‑like man rises from a column of white smoke, his lower body dissipating into a cloud. He wears a red sash, gold jewelry, and a star emblem on his turban, standing with arms crossed and an amused expression. In the foreground nine gleaming goblets are arranged on the grass, one cup showing a small glowing object within and a faint wisp of smoke rising from them. Trees frame the scene and a decorative cartouche at the bottom reads 'Nine of Cups'.
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