6 of Cups
We've gone past a turning point, and we are back to the happy scenery that we're used to in the Cups suit. A little boy is handing a little girl cups in a very quaint hometown atmosphere, and cups full of flowers are surrounding them. You're no longer meeting new people in this card, but being reacquainted with old friends and family.
Keywords:
Happy Memories
Past efforts resurfacing
Old acquaintances
Symbolism and Imagery:
The five cups of flowers surrounding the children are gifts of the heart, and of course and offering of our emotions.
The cottages in the back suggest nostalgia, reminiscing and our childhood home. It could also represent living in the past. It is one thing to reminisce, but remember to live in the present, so it does not jeopardize your future.
Upright Meaning:
This card indicates meeting someone from your past, which may be an ex-boy/girlfriend, childhood friend or a family reunion. If a new relationship or job offer arises, it could be tied to someone from your past as well. This card also represents siblings, family values, a gift from an old admirer or friend, or something from the past will soon be resurfacing or returned to you. Or if someone shows up whom you didn't have a relationship with in the past, but for whom you feel affection, they may be from the same hometown, graduating class or anther activity you participated in long ago.
On a personal note, this is one of my more favorite cards. When I've come home from a rough day, I find it's nice to meditate on the image on this card and concentrate on how nice that little town looks like, and think about things from my own past. Then when I'm done meditating, the present doesn't seem so bad, when I think about all the great things I have seen and done in the past.
Reverse Meaning:
Now everything that represents the past has turned around, and memories and news coming from the past are not so happy, and very disruptive. This is when thinking about the past too much is indicated, and you find yourself living in the past instead of moving forward, you're too busy clinging to impossible and outworn ideas to work on fixing things. Or possibly you just need to get out of a situation that is currently harmful or hurtful to you, so you can move forward. And just like this card represented family when upright, it does here too, just in the sense that you'll be disappointed in them. Maybe you invited them somewhere and they didn't show up?
It's time to put the past behind you and move forward, 'The Good ole days weren't all that good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems' (yes, that WAS my yearbook quote). But even still, Billy Joel is relevant here :)
Keywords:
Happy Memories
Past efforts resurfacing
Old acquaintances
Symbolism and Imagery:
The five cups of flowers surrounding the children are gifts of the heart, and of course and offering of our emotions.
The cottages in the back suggest nostalgia, reminiscing and our childhood home. It could also represent living in the past. It is one thing to reminisce, but remember to live in the present, so it does not jeopardize your future.
Upright Meaning:
This card indicates meeting someone from your past, which may be an ex-boy/girlfriend, childhood friend or a family reunion. If a new relationship or job offer arises, it could be tied to someone from your past as well. This card also represents siblings, family values, a gift from an old admirer or friend, or something from the past will soon be resurfacing or returned to you. Or if someone shows up whom you didn't have a relationship with in the past, but for whom you feel affection, they may be from the same hometown, graduating class or anther activity you participated in long ago.
On a personal note, this is one of my more favorite cards. When I've come home from a rough day, I find it's nice to meditate on the image on this card and concentrate on how nice that little town looks like, and think about things from my own past. Then when I'm done meditating, the present doesn't seem so bad, when I think about all the great things I have seen and done in the past.
Reverse Meaning:
Now everything that represents the past has turned around, and memories and news coming from the past are not so happy, and very disruptive. This is when thinking about the past too much is indicated, and you find yourself living in the past instead of moving forward, you're too busy clinging to impossible and outworn ideas to work on fixing things. Or possibly you just need to get out of a situation that is currently harmful or hurtful to you, so you can move forward. And just like this card represented family when upright, it does here too, just in the sense that you'll be disappointed in them. Maybe you invited them somewhere and they didn't show up?
It's time to put the past behind you and move forward, 'The Good ole days weren't all that good, and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems' (yes, that WAS my yearbook quote). But even still, Billy Joel is relevant here :)