Tarot card meanings · Minor Arcana · Cups

Nine of Cups

Near-completion — the fullness or the strain of almost being there — in the realm of feelings, relationships and what you let in.

Nine of Cups
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How Lunara reads it

Upright: Near-completion — the fullness or the strain of almost being there — in the realm of feelings, relationships and what you let in.

Reversed: Worry inflating past its evidence, or a satisfaction you will not let yourself feel — in the realm of feelings, relationships and what you let in.

Keywords: fullness, feeling · reversed: anxiety, feeling

Correspondences

  • Element: Water
  • Planet: Jupiter
  • Zodiac: Pisces
  • Yes / no: yes · reversed: no

When it appears upright

  • Being delighted with your own achievements
  • Recognizing your own talents and abilities
  • Reveling in the good things life has to offer
  • Indulging yourself
  • Relaxing and unwinding
  • Having everything you need in order to feel complete

When it appears reversed

  • Being smug
  • Satisfying yourself at the expense of others
  • Being selfish
  • Over-indulging
  • Avoiding work that needs to be done
  • Claiming achievements or skills you do not possess
  • Never being satisfied, no matter how much you have

Classic readings

  • Whatever you want, you'll get it

In love

Upright: romantic satisfaction, emotional pleasure, receiving desired affection, enjoying love. Reversed: superficial satisfaction, unmet wishes, inner lack, complacency.

In work and money

Upright: career satisfaction, desired professional outcome, rewarding achievement, enjoying success. Reversed: hollow success, unmet goals, complacency, inner dissatisfaction.

Inner life

Upright: spiritual contentment, gratitude, emotional fulfillment, appreciating present blessings. Reversed: superficial contentment, unmet longing, inner lack, misplaced desire.

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