5 of Cups

Minor Arcana · Cups

5 of Cups

Disappointment

Keywords
DisconnectionRegretMourningDisillusion

Meaning

The bitter cup of emotional loss, expectations shattered, hopes dissolved. Yet within the grief lies the seed of deeper understanding; not all that is lost was truly ours to keep. Mars in Scorpio.

In short

Loss, regret, your gaze fixed on what is gone. The pain is real, but not all is lost: behind you, cups still stand full. When you can, turn and look at what remains.

Reversed

You begin to move past the disappointment: you accept the loss and start looking ahead again. The weight lifts, let the healing take its course.

Correspondences

SuitCups
ElementWater
Planet / SignMars in Scorpio

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