Five of Cups

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Five of Cups TAROT CARD MEANINGS KEYWORDS

Upright: Regret, failure, disappointment, pessimism

Reversed: Personal setbacks, self-forgiveness, moving on.

Five of Cups TAROT CARD MEANINGS AND DESCRIPTION

The Five of Cups shows a man in a long black cloak looking down on three cups that have been knocked over – symbolic of his disappointments and failures. Behind him stand two cups representing new opportunities and potential, but because he is so fixed on his losses (the over-turned cups), he misses the opportunities available to him.

In the background, a bridge crosses a large, flowing river and leads to the security of the castle or home on the opposite side of the riverbank – if only he can move on from the over-turned cups. The bridge is a message to 'build a bridge and get over it!'