Five of Cups

Minor Arcana · Cups

Five of Cups

Five of Cups is a Minor Arcana · Cups card of the tarot deck. Its keywords are: Loss, Sorrow, Disappointment, Grief. Read below what it says upright and reversed.

  • Loss
  • Sorrow
  • Disappointment
  • Grief

What does Five of Cups mean upright?

Loss, grief and attention fixed on what is gone. The sorrow is real and it deserves its time — but not all of the cups have spilled. When you are ready, turn and see what is still standing behind you. The Five of Cups holds both the loss and what survived it.

What does Five of Cups mean reversed?

Grief easing, acceptance arriving, or the first willingness to move on. What was lost remains lost; what remains is beginning to matter again. Let the recovery be as slow as it needs. Healing is not disloyalty.

Where to next?

Two of many — one for today, one that takes you deeper.

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