Card 42 • cups

Seven of Cups

Brief Description

The Seven of Cups signifies a time of multiple choices and temptations, often accompanied by illusions and disillusionment. It highlights the need to look beyond surface appearances and make decisions aligned with one's highest good. The card also emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between unrealistic fantasies and true desires. In its reversed position, it urges one to face reality and take concrete steps toward achieving genuine happiness and goals.

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Choices

Seven cups present us with various choices. In each one, we see a potential gift appearing innocent and fruitful, but do not be fooled by their lovely exteriors. For each cup may represent a greater price, a missed opportunity, or a grand illusion! How can we reflect on their deeper implications and select for our Highest good?

Keywords

temptation . choices . disillusionment . daydreaming

Inquiry

What small steps can I take towards my true goals? How am I putting off the inevitable dreams I wait for?

Visualization

I visualize my choices and see where they take me

Feel

I feel out my options with my mind, body, & spirit

Overview

The Seven of Cups is a card of choices and temptations and may come at a time when you feel overwhelmed with options or bouts of the imagination. This card may also point to illusory notions of what we can and cannot do, feeding an unstable disconnect from reality - as a dreamy sort of mindset that pushes us to indulge in certain things that aren't necessarily healthy or productive in the long term. In the end, we may be faced with the consequences of our short-lived spurts of irresponsibility or escapism.

Message

The underlying message of this card also reveals how the twisty path of our choices may be faced with fears, illusions, and imaginary scenarios, but in the end - our heart must inform our Higher calling. This is the difference between forging pathways in your mind or truly deciding to pave your way forward in the real world. Which option feels best in your physical reality?

Reversed

Your thoughts or views may be unrealistic if you are projecting your fantasies in some way. An indifference or reluctance to acknowledge what truly makes you happy. Take some time to meditate on the positive steps you need to take, in order to manifest what you truly want. Learn to differentiate between what you are unsure of from your deepest heart's desire.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Danielle Noel

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