Five of Cups

Five of Cups — Minor Arcana, from The 1909 London Deck.

Upright

loss, regret, looking backwards

Something has gone and the grief is taking up the whole view. Three cups are spilled; two are still standing behind you, unnoticed.

In a yes or no reading, Five of Cups upright answers no.

Reversed

acceptance, moving on, recovery

You are beginning to turn round. What is left is worth more than what was lost, though it does not feel that way yet.

In a yes or no reading, Five of Cups reversed answers maybe — the situation has not settled.

What this card does in a reading here

A reading draws one card and answers the question you asked with it. Five of Cups can come up either way up — reversals are on in this deck, because the 1909 original was drawn with them in mind — and the two readings above are the starting point, not the answer. The answer depends on what you asked.

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