Five of Cups

Five of Cups tarot card
1Three cups spilled in front of him, and two still standing behind him.
2If he turns around he sees those two, and then he sees the bridge and the castle.
3There’s already a way across and somewhere to go. Both are in the picture.
The Turn Around CardTwo cups are still standing behind him. He’s looking at the three that spilled.
  • Grief with an easy fix
  • Turn around
  • Gratitude as the solution
In a reading

Loss, and a simpler way out of it than it feels like. Look at what’s still standing rather than what spilled.

Deeper meaning

The solution is gratitude

This card has a very easy solution and it’s gratitude. He’s standing there looking at three cups that spilled, and there are two still standing behind him that he hasn’t turned around to see. If he turns around he gets those two cups, and then he gets his bridge and his castle, so there’s already a way across and somewhere to go, both right there in the picture. I don’t mean gratitude as comfort either, I mean it as the mechanism. Be grateful for what’s left and the route shows up. And the sharpest thing about this card, honestly, is that a lot of the time he’s sad about losing something he doesn’t even want any more.

In the good stuff

You’ve turned around. The two cups, the bridge and the castle are all yours.

Watch Chris explain this card (1:06:15)

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