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Nine of Cups Tarot Card Meaning
The Nine of Cups tarot card means contentment, a wish granted and satisfaction. A wish fulfilled.
Upright
- Contentment
- a wish granted
- satisfaction
Reversed
- Smugness
- overindulgence
- a wish that disappoints
Yes or no
Yes
The Nine 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 well-fed man sits on a bench with his arms folded and a satisfied smile. Nine cups are lined up on a curved shelf behind him.
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 Nine of Cups is often called the wish card. It is read as getting what you hoped for and enjoying it: comfort, pleasure and feeling pleased with life.
Nine of Cups reversed
Reversed, it is read as smugness, overdoing it, or finding that what you wished for does not satisfy.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Nine 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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