Five of Cups

Published: May 13, 2025 at 5:37:10 PM

🌀 General Meaning

⬆️ The Five of Cups represents loss, grief, regret, sadness, and emotional focus on what has gone wrong. It shows a person consumed by disappointment and unable to see what still remains. This card often speaks of emotional pain, missed opportunities, or difficulty letting go of the past.

⬇️ Reversed, it signifies emotional healing, acceptance, recovery, and hope. You are beginning to move forward, recognize what's still available, and see the light beyond the sorrow.

❤️ Love and Relationships

⬆️ Emotional heartbreak, disappointment in love, breakup, or regret over a relationship. There may be guilt, longing, or difficulty moving on from emotional pain.

⬇️ Healing begins, reconciliation becomes possible, or you open up to new emotional experiences. There's hope for renewed love or peace with the past.

💼 Work and Finances

⬆️ Job loss, failure in a project, financial setback, or disillusionment in your career path. You may regret past choices or mourn a missed opportunity.

⬇️ A turning point, where you begin to learn from setbacks and regain motivation. You see new paths and can rebuild with a wiser mindset.

❓ In Questions and Situations

⬆️ Answer — “No”, especially if you're still holding onto pain or unable to see past disappointment. The situation calls for emotional release.

⬇️ Answer — “Yes”, if you are ready to accept and move forward. Healing is possible, and new beginnings await.

🧍‍♂️ Personality

⬆️ A person stuck in regret, grief, or emotional withdrawal. May be pessimistic, inward-focused, or struggling to forgive themselves or others.

⬇️ A person who has faced emotional pain but is now ready to heal. They are rediscovering hope and emotional resilience.

🗓️ Card of the Day

⬆️ Today may feel heavy emotionally. Allow yourself to grieve but don't dwell in sorrow too long — look for what's still possible.

⬇️ This is a day of emotional clarity and hope. You're on the path to healing and transformation.

🔗 Combinations with Major Arcana

🃏 Five of Cups + The Fool
⬆️ Regret over a careless decision.
⬇️ A fresh start after emotional loss.
🪄 Five of Cups + The Magician
⬆️ Regret over unused potential.
⬇️ Taking control of healing and moving forward.
🕊️ Five of Cups + The High Priestess
⬆️ Hidden sorrow, unspoken grief.
⬇️ Intuitive emotional processing.
🌸 Five of Cups + The Empress
⬆️ Disappointment in family or nurturing roles.
⬇️ Emotional renewal through love and self-care.
🏛️ Five of Cups + The Emperor
⬆️ Suppressed emotions, rigid grief.
⬇️ Regaining emotional structure and control.
⚖️ Five of Cups + The Hierophant
⬆️ Sadness caused by tradition or external expectations.
⬇️ Spiritual healing and support from guidance.
💑 Five of Cups + The Lovers
⬆️ Heartbreak, lost connection.
⬇️ Making peace with emotional choices.
🏅 Five of Cups + The Chariot
⬆️ Emotional failure or setback.
⬇️ Overcoming pain through focused action.
💪 Five of Cups + Strength
⬆️ Repressed grief, emotional suppression.
⬇️ Gentle strength in recovery and healing.
🧘 Five of Cups + The Hermit
⬆️ Grieving in isolation.
⬇️ Wisdom gained through solitude and reflection.
🎡 Five of Cups + Wheel of Fortune
⬆️ Loss caused by sudden change.
⬇️ Opportunity for emotional renewal through fate.
⚖️ Five of Cups + Justice
⬆️ Guilt, emotional consequences of past actions.
⬇️ Acceptance, learning through experience.
🤯 Five of Cups + The Hanged Man
⬆️ Feeling emotionally stuck.
⬇️ New emotional perspective, surrender leads to peace.
☠️ Five of Cups + Death
⬆️ Profound emotional loss.
⬇️ End of pain, beginning of transformation.
🧙 Five of Cups + Temperance
⬆️ Slow healing, emotional balance returning.
⬇️ Making peace with the past.
😈 Five of Cups + The Devil
⬆️ Pain from toxic bonds or emotional dependence.
⬇️ Realization and release from unhealthy attachments.
🧱 Five of Cups + The Tower
⬆️ Emotional breakdown, sudden grief.
⬇️ Liberation through collapse and truth.
🌈 Five of Cups + The Star
⬆️ Longing for hope.
⬇️ Inspiration and emotional renewal after pain.
🌙 Five of Cups + The Moon
⬆️ Confusion in grief, emotional illusions.
⬇️ Intuitive processing of sorrow, emotional truth emerges.
☀️ Five of Cups + The Sun
⬆️ Hidden sadness beneath a smile.
⬇️ Joy returns after hardship, light after darkness.
⚖️ Five of Cups + Judgement
⬆️ Unresolved guilt or sadness.
⬇️ Emotional rebirth, forgiveness, and self-redemption.
🌍 Five of Cups + The World
⬆️ Lack of closure despite achievement.
⬇️ Completion, emotional fulfillment, moving on.