Six of Cups
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Upright Meaning
A warm wave of memory or reconnection is moving through you: a person from the past, a way of feeling you'd forgotten, a simpler time you want to revisit. You may be reconnecting with something real that's still alive in you.
Reversed Meaning
The past is getting more attention than the present deserves. Nostalgia is nourishing in small doses. In large doses it turns into avoidance. What is the present offering that you're not seeing because you're looking backward?
Six of Cups in love
If you're single, the Six of Cups can bring back someone from your past, like a childhood friend, a school crush or an old flame. Sweet nostalgia is in the air, so enjoy it with open eyes.
In a relationship, it brings innocent, playful affection. Revisit the places where you first fell for each other or dig out old photos together.
Drew it reversed? See the Six of Cups reversed in love below.
Six of Cups as feelings
As feelings, they feel a sweet, comfortable fondness for you. Being with you reminds them of a simpler, happier time.
Six of Cups in career and money
CareerAt work, the Six of Cups can bring an old contact or a past project back into play. The Sun in Scorpio favors work with children, teaching or anything rooted in memory and care.
MoneyFinancially, this card points to gifts, family help or small acts of generosity. An inheritance or a kindness from someone you knew long ago is possible.
Is the Six of Cups a yes or no card?
Leaning yes, because the Six of Cups is goodwill and kindness, often from somewhere familiar.
Ask your own yes or no question →Six of Cups as advice
Let the past soften you rather than hold you back. Reach out to someone you miss, or do something simply because it brings you joy.
What from your past are you idealizing in a way that might be keeping you from appreciating what's in front of you now?
What the Six of Cups card shows
In an old village courtyard, a boy offers a little girl a cup filled with white flowers, and more flower-filled cups stand around them. An older figure walks away in the background. The flowers and the gift show innocence and kindness, and the old-fashioned setting points to memory and childhood.
Astrology and symbolism
- Arcana
- Minor
- Suit
- Cups
- Element
- Water
- Astrology
- Sun in Scorpio
Six of Cups rules one ten-day decan of Scorpio and is associated with the Sun in Scorpio. Read more about Scorpio.
Cups are the suit of Water. They describe feelings, love, friendship and the inner life. A reading full of Cups is about the heart.
Sixes are about recovery and harmony: things settle again after the struggle of the five.
The suit of Cups
Six of Cups questions
Is the Six of Cups a good card?
Mostly, yes. The Six of Cups is one of the more welcome cards to draw, bringing nostalgia, childhood, innocence and reunion. Reversed, that same energy can slip into living in the past, naivety, unrealistic expectations and moving forward, so the cards around it still matter.
What does the Six of Cups reversed mean in love?
Reversed in love, the Six of Cups shows being stuck in the past, comparing a partner with an ex or idealizing how things used to be. It can also mark finally leaving an old story behind.
What zodiac sign is the Six of Cups?
Scorpio. The Six of Cups covers one ten-day stretch of Scorpio season, ruled by the Sun, and as a card of Cups it belongs to Water.
Is the Six of Cups yes or no?
Leaning yes. Drawn upright, the Six of Cups leans toward yes, and reversed it leans toward no.
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