- Satisfaction, contentment, wish fulfillment
- Being in alignment through the habit of having
In a reading: you’re in alignment with what you want — keep the habit going.
Most people read the Nine of Cups as wish fulfillment, and that’s true, but there’s a theory that he’s actually a barkeep, choosing who he gives his emotions out to — which can also explain the fulfillment.
He’s meant to look a little chubby because he’s about to have a feast, having already had one before. To me, that’s the real lesson: to have something great, you have to have already been in that energy once — you have to love money before abundance shows up, be in love before love arrives. I read this as a card of habits — adopting the habits of the thing you actually want.
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