36-Ace of Cups – Reversed Rider Waite Deck

Your Chosen Card – Ace of Cups Reversed Rider Waite Deck

When reversed, the watery Ace of Cups hints at delays or difficulties in beginning a new love relationship or initiating a creative project. This can result in a sense of dissatisfaction, instability, and loneliness. Some type of overabundance in the boundlessness of the element Water may be interfering with your ability to focus. Water is a necessary element for life and continued growth, but the myth of Noah and the Great Flood teaches us that an excess of water can act as a destructive force.

Keywords Reversed: Instability, changeability, excess, infertility, loneliness, inconstancy, dissatisfaction, inadequate nourishment.

Timing: Astrologically, Water is linked to summertime.
Astrology: Root-force of elemental Water, the element associated with the season of summer.
Number Symbolism: 1 – initial spark, will, creation, beginnings, new life.

Ace Of Cups: Eat, Drink, And Be Merry As Love Blossoms

When Ace of Cups is reversed you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise.  If Ace of Cups is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Ace of Cups is trying to tell you.  If you had a particular issue in  mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.

This chosen card is part of your reversed card reading for Ace of Cups using cards from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.


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Complete Book of Tarot
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Complete Book of Tarot: Myths/Archetypes: Thoth. Hermes Trismegistus. Merlin. Faust. The Magus. The Juggler. The Con Artist.

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Portable Magic: half the base of the Ace of Swords. The two tarot cards will be at a right angle to each other. Thirdly, lay the Ace of Cups pointing toward the west in such a way that half the base of the card touches and overlaps half the base of the Ace of Wands. It will be at a right angle to the Ace of Wands. Finally, lay the Ace of Pentacles pointing toward the north so that half its base touches and overlaps half the base of the Ace of Cups. The other half of the base of the Ace of Pentacles is slid under half the base of the Ace of Swords.

Tarot Card Meanings: Ace of Cups; the home, the heart, the seat of joy and happiness.  The place in which the inquirer lives.  Reversed; minor troubles or, according to some older sources, a visitor to the home.

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Tarot Card Meanings: Ace of Cups; the home, the heart, the seat of joy and happiness.  The place in which the inquirer lives.  Reversed; minor troubles or, according to some older sources, a visitor to the home.