Minor ArcanaCups#1
intuitionspiritualityaffectionmotivation
Light
- Trusting your feelings
- Opening yourself to spirit
- Accepting and returning affection
- Getting in touch with what motivates you
- Taking advantage of an opportunity to express love to others
- Listening to the still, small voice
Shadow
- Hiding your feelings
- Spurning an opportunity to love or be loved
- Numbing yourself to spiritual yearnings
- Rejecting the counsel of your heart
- Becoming a puppet of your own emotions
- Indulging in hysteria or obsession
Veiled Correspondences
A single vessel overflows. The Ace of Cups channels the purest distillation of water's mystery — the first stirring of emotion before it acquires a name. Its hidden correspondences trace the root of all feeling back to a single, inexhaustible spring rising from below the threshold of consciousness.
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Questions to Ask
Reflective questions inspired by this card
What am I feeling right now?
When this card appears upright, it invites you to reflect on themes of trusting your feelings, opening yourself to spirit, accepting and returning affection. Consider how these energies manifest in your current situation.
How would I go about opening myself to spiritual guidance?
When this card appears upright, it invites you to reflect on themes of trusting your feelings, opening yourself to spirit, accepting and returning affection. Consider how these energies manifest in your current situation.
What motivates me the most - pleasure or pain? Why?
In its reversed position, this card asks you to examine hiding your feelings, spurning an opportunity to love or be loved, numbing yourself to spiritual yearnings. These shadow aspects may reveal areas for growth and deeper self-awareness.
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