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Ace of Cups Tarot Card Meaning
The Ace of Cups tarot card means new love, emotion and an open heart. A new feeling begins.
Upright
- New love
- emotion
- an open heart
Reversed
- Blocked feelings
- emptiness
- love held back
Yes or no
Yes
The Ace of Cups is one of the 14 cards in the suit of Cups. Cups are the suit of water: feelings, love, friendship and intuition.
What the card shows
A hand reaches out of a cloud holding a cup that overflows in streams into a pond of water lilies. A dove flies down toward the cup with a wafer in its beak.
This is the card as drawn by Pamela Colman Smith for the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck, which is in the public domain.
Upright meaning
The Ace of Cups is read as the start of a feeling: new love, a new friendship, compassion, or creative inspiration. The heart is open and full.
Ace of Cups reversed
Reversed, it is read as feelings held in, an emotional low, or love that is not being returned.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Ace of Cups is usually read as a yes. Readers differ on some cards, so treat this as one common reading. You can ask a yes or no question and draw a card for it.
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