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Six of Cups: tarot card meaning
Keywords: Harmony and generosity · water. Flow returns to feelings, love and intuition. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
Upright meaning
Flow returns to feelings, love and intuition. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
Reversed meaning
Stuck in the past, or giving with strings attached, in feelings, love and intuition.
The suit and the number
Cups are the suit of water: feelings, friendship, love, imagination and the inner life. Its element is water, and the water signs of the zodiac are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
Sixes restore harmony after the struggle of the Five. So the Six of Cups is harmony and generosity applied to emotions, relationships, love and intuition.
Questions to reflect on
- Where in my life does "harmony and generosity" feel true right now?
- What would the upright meaning ask me to do this week?
- If the card felt reversed, what is blocking or delaying it?
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Six of Cups: questions
What does Six of Cups mean upright?
Flow returns to feelings, love and intuition. Give, receive and remember sweeter days.
What does Six of Cups mean reversed?
Stuck in the past, or giving with strings attached, in feelings, love and intuition.
Is Six of Cups a yes or no card?
Tarot isn't a yes/no oracle, but readers who use it that way usually read Six of Cups upright as a gentle yes and reversed as 'wait'. Treat it as a prompt for reflection.
What element is Six of Cups?
Six of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups, linked with water and with emotions, relationships, love and intuition. In astrology the water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.