| The Four of Cups is one of the Cards of the Minor Arcana. Depicted
on this card is a young man forlornly looking over three cups in front of him. A hand is issuing from
a cloud with a forth cup in it. Yet the youth is disastified. This is a card of dissention, and malcontent.
When this card comes into your spread it often is there when the person is seeking more than their
needs and is not content with having their needs met. I've always seen the three cups as representative
of the three basic needs of man: food, shelter, and clothing and the fourth cup issuing as representing
wants or desires. This card is one that reminds us to be grateful that our needs are being met on a
daily basis, and not to be selfish with our desires. For wanting more and more, you'll only find that
enough isn't good enough and you'll never be happy. |
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| Keywords for Interpretation |
| Upright |
| Disatisfaction with the current, yet wanting
more without going out to get it, contemplation, disatisfaction with success, reevaluation
of earthly pleasures. |
| Inverted |
| New relations, new instruction,
self realization, novelty |
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| There is a myriad of symbolisms on this and many of the other cards in
both the major and minor arcana. In order to present a comprehensive and easy to use as a reference source
set of pages for this and other cards, I will refrain from going into great detail regarding the individual
symbols on the cards. On a future date I will go over the more explicit aspects of them. If you have a
question regarding a particular symbol you can email me at Tamerin.
I would also like to hear from you on some of your interpretations of this particular card or any other
that you would like to discuss. Please use above email link. |
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