Five of Cups, from the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck
Cups • Water • Minor Arcana

Five of Cups

Grief over what was lost.

Upright
lossgriefregretdisappointment
Reversed
acceptancehealingmoving on
  • Yes or noNo
  • ElementWater
  • ArcanaMinor

Upright Meaning

Grief over what was lost. The Five of Cups asks you to feel the disappointment, and also to notice the two cups still standing behind you. Not everything is gone.

Reversed Meaning

You are beginning to accept and heal. Hope returns.

In Love

Heartache or regret. Time and honesty will help you heal.

In Career & Money

Disappointment at work. Learn from it and look for what remains.

As a Yes or No

No.This card leans towards no, or not yet. It asks you to pause, release or rethink first.

Meanings are a starting point. In a reading, the cards around this one and the question you ask change the story it tells.

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