Meanings and interpretations
The Five of Cups is related to the Water (🜄) element, planet Mars (♂), and Scorpio. 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 wearing a black cloak 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. Symbols • Spilled Cups – Lost happiness and disappointments • Black Cloak – Isolation and grief • Standing Cups – Remaining opportunities and support • Bridge – A path forward beyond grief Upright The key meanings of the tarot card Five of Cups: • Loss • Grief • Regret • Sadness • Dwelling on the past Reversed The key meanings of Five of Cups, if reversed are: • Hope • Acceptance • Recovery • Moving forward ==References==