Two of Cups upright
A couple stand facing each other, cups raised; a winged lion crowns the meeting. The Two of Cups is partnership in its first flush - romantic, creative, collegial.
Honour the equality. This card lives in matched exchange; lopsided versions of it become other (and harder) cards quickly.
Two of Cups reversed
Reversed, the connection is misaligned, or one person is bringing more than the other. Worth naming explicitly.
Keywords
- partnership
- mutual attraction
- recognition
- equal exchange
- alliance
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 Two of Cups mean?
- Two cups raised - the moment of mutual recognition. A couple stand facing each other, cups raised; a winged lion crowns the meeting. The Two of Cups is partnership in its first flush - romantic, creative, collegial.
- What does Two of Cups mean reversed?
- Reversed, the connection is misaligned, or one person is bringing more than the other. Worth naming explicitly.
- Is Two of Cups a good card to draw?
- Two 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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