40-Five of Cups Upright Rider Waite Family Tarot Reading

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In most decks, most depictions on each card give solid guides toward interpretation, for this card, this is more than usually the case. Most often, a sad or downcast figure. The implication is extremely clear; are you going to cry over ‘spilt milk’ or are you going to focus on the ‘milk’ you still have, and get on with things? The point is: watch where you put your focus and make sure that the focus is for your highest good.

Card Meanings: Grief, Trauma, Despair, Heartbreak, Broken Marriage, Vain Regret, Focusing On Loss, Guilt, Bereavement, Mourning, Abandonment, Emotional Instability, Sadness, Isolation, Regret, Remorse, Loneliness, Emotional Baggage, Unwelcome Change, Divorce, Loss, Separation, Sorrow, Focusing On Negative Emotions, Anger

The Five of Cups is another card which reminds us that where we put our focus in life has a great deal to do with the quality of our lives and how well they work for us. What are you going to choose to focus on?

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Complete Book of Tarot: Hebrew letter: Beyt or Beth (the floor plan of a tent; a Hebrew word meaning tent, house, dwelling, household, family, sanctuary, the temple or house of the Lord; also, the prepositions ‘in’ and ‘within’).

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Reversed Cards: Water can be very healing, but you have to allow it to wash away your pain. The Five of Cups in the protection aspect offers a space for healing. Here at the water’s edge, you can give all your misery away. Let it go and watch it flow away. The three cups that lie tipped over can be given to the river, while you fill the remaining two cups with the healing water and drink your fill. It’s time to take what you have left and move on. There is nothing left for you here. Wipe your last tear, hold your head up, and embrace what the change has left in its wake.

Complete Book of Tarot: There are four suits in the tarot and four seasons of the year; thus, you can pair each tarot suit with one of the seasons. These associations will guide your intuition to judge a likely time of occurrence. A commonly used set of associations comes from astrology:

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Complete Book of Tarot: Hebrew letter: Nun (a sprouting seed; a Hebrew word meaning to propagate, bear offspring, perpetuate life, continue on to a new generation, increase; also posterity, a son or an heir). The pictograph of Nun resembles a human sperm. In Aramaic, the word nun means fish, a symbol important to Christianity. This card reminds us that death is part of the natural process of engendering new life.