Six of Cups

Cups, VI

Keywords

• nostalgia
• innocence
• people from the past
• simple kindness

Upright meaning

Nostalgia, innocence, people from the past, simple kindness.

Reversed meaning

Stuck in the past, memory idealized, or finally moving on.

A reversed card isn't simply a bad sign: usually its energy is blocked, turned inward, delayed or excessive.

Image and symbolism

A child offers flowers in a cup — the past made gentle.

Element and place in the deck

Cups belong to water. They speak of feelings, relationships, intuition and the inner world. Cups usually answer questions about love, friendship and emotional state.

The Six restores harmony: recovery, sharing, moving on after difficulty.

Other cards in this group: Ace of Cups, Two of Cups, Three of Cups, Four of Cups, Five of Cups, Seven of Cups, Eight of Cups, Nine of Cups, Ten of Cups, Page of Cups, Knight of Cups, Queen of Cups, King of Cups.