Four of Cups upright
A figure sits under a tree, three cups before him on the ground, while a fourth is offered from a cloud. He's looking at the three he already has.
Look up. The Four of Cups isn't about scarcity; it's about being so absorbed in the existing situation that the new offer goes unseen.
Four of Cups reversed
Reversed, attention is returning - you're starting to notice the offered cup, or you're climbing out of a melancholy stretch.
Keywords
- apathy
- missed offer
- contemplation
- emotional withdrawal
- reset
Where this reading comes from
Meaning authored from the Rider-Waite-Smith reader tradition rather than copied from any single modern source.
Common questions
- What does Four of Cups mean?
- Offered cup, eyes elsewhere - emotional tunnel vision. A figure sits under a tree, three cups before him on the ground, while a fourth is offered from a cloud. He's looking at the three he already has.
- What does Four of Cups mean reversed?
- Reversed, attention is returning - you're starting to notice the offered cup, or you're climbing out of a melancholy stretch.
- Is Four of Cups a good card to draw?
- Four of Cups belongs to the cups suit, which deals with feeling, relationship and attachment. No card is simply good or bad; what it means depends on the question and where it lands in the spread.
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