
TheFive of Cups is aMinor Arcanatarot card.
Tarot cards are used throughout much ofEurope to playtarot card games.[1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily fordivinatory purposes.[1][2]
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The Five of Cups is related to the Water (🜄) element, planet Mars (♂), and Scorpio.[3]
This card can carry a meaning of dejection, disappointment and sorrow over past events. It can also represent a blindness to good in a given situation. Although the person pictured on the card has lost three cups, two still stand, and they failed to appreciate what is left. A river flows under a bridge leading to a safe destination, and yet they focus on their three lost cups.
The key meanings of the tarot card Five of Cups:
The key meanings of Five of Cups, if reversed are: