Cups · Minor Arcana
Ace of Cups
new feelingsspiritualityintuitionlove
A divine hand offers an overflowing cup, with a dove descending and streams of water pouring forth. Love and spirit flow in abundance.
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Upright Meaning
New feelings, spirituality, intuition, intimacy, love, compassion.
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Reversed Meaning
Emotional loss, blocked creativity, emptiness, repressed emotions.
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Symbolism
The cup overflows with five streams — spirit in superabundance, beyond what can be contained. A dove descends with a communion wafer; the lotus floats on the surface. This love does not begin within us — it arrives from beyond.
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Numerology
1
One — The Beginning
Unity, initiation, the singular spark that sets all things in motion.
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Element
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Water
Emotion, intuition, love, the unconscious depths