Minor ArcanaCups#5
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Five of Cups
A breakup looms
Don't cry over spilt milk
Take your lumps and get back in the saddle
Light
- Acknowledging loss and moving on
- Focusing on how the glass remains "half-full"
- Finding the silver lining in a dark cloud
- Recognizing that loss is a natural part of life
- Embracing healthy grief
- Learning lessons from harsh consequences
Shadow
- Wallowing in unhealthy grief or self-pity
- Refusing to move on and let go
- Clinging to the past
- Obsessing on past lives and past loves
- Failing to live in the present
- Beating yourself up over past mistakes
- Allowing fear of failure to limit your efforts
Mystical Correspondences
Numerology
5 (The Catalyst: instability, resistance, confrontation)
Astrology
Mars in Scorpio
Affirmation
"I learn from my losses and move on."
Questions to Ask
- 1.How do I tend to deal with loss?
- 2.What life lesson might I be learning now?
- 3.How can I shift my attention from the past to the future?
