Ace of Cups Keywords
UPRIGHT: love | new relationships | creativity
REVERSED: self-love | creative block | repressing emotions
Ace of Cups Description
The Ace of Cups Tarot card features a chalice from which five streams of water flow, symbolizing the overflow of emotions and intuition linked to the five senses. The cup serves as a metaphor for the subconscious mind, indicating a deep reservoir of feelings and psychic potential. A hand extends from the clouds holding the cup, denoting the connection between one's spiritual energy and their conscious awareness.
Beneath the hand lies a sea dotted with lotus blossoms, which are emblematic of spiritual awakening and the blossoming of the human spirit. Above this, a dove descends toward the cup, representing divine love infiltrating from the subconscious into conscious realization. This imagery collectively illustrates the concept of emotional and spiritual abundance, the emergence of spiritual consciousness, and the unification of divine love with human experience.
NOTE: The tarot card meaning description is based on the Rider-Waite deck and Decoding The Cards