Card 38 • cups

Three of Cups

Brief Description

The Three of Cups represents shared joy, celebration, and social bonding with friends and lovers, embodying happiness, gratitude, and a lust for life. Reversed, it warns against excessive partying and intoxication, unmet expectations at events, and potential losses or strains in love and friendship, indicating a need to reconnect. The card encourages a lighthearted, spontaneous attitude and the recognition of blessings and triumphs. Magickally, it supports mood-lifting workings, spells to attract or enhance friendships, reduce social anxiety, and manifest more opportunities for fun and play.

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Description

Shared fun; frivolity; intoxication; socializing and bonding with friends and lovers; happiness; celebration; a young heart; blessings and gratitude; lust for life; magick.

Reversed

A warning against excessive partying and intoxication; a special event does not live up to expectations; a loss of love; a loss of cheer; a loss of friendship or a need to reconnect with friends; a need to relax and celebrate blessings and triumphs.

Magickal Uses

Useful for mood-lifting magick, magick to encourage spontaneity or a more lighthearted attitude, spells to bring new friends or enhance current friendships, magick to reduce social anxiety, and magick intended to manifest more opportunities for fun and play.

Visual Description

Three figures in white robes with blue sashes lift goblets high as they sway together beneath a weeping tree by a riverbank. Crowns or circlets rest on their heads and one goblet spills a few drops of wine into the air. Tall grasses and reeds frame the foreground while fish circle visibly in the water below. At the bottom a banner reads "Three of Cups."

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