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Three of Cups Tarot Card Meaning
The Three of Cups tarot card means friendship, celebration and community. Friends and celebration.
Upright
- Friendship
- celebration
- community
Reversed
- Overindulgence
- gossip
- feeling left out
Yes or no
Yes
The Three 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
Three women dance in a circle in a garden, raising their cups together in a toast. Fruit and gourds lie at their feet.
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 Three of Cups is read as celebrating with people you love. It points to friendship, parties, reunions and good news shared.
Three of Cups reversed
Reversed, it is read as too much of a good thing, gossip in a group, or feeling outside the circle.
Yes or no?
In a yes or no question, the Three 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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