Page of Cups
Page of Cups, minor arcana. a message, creativity, sensitivity, curiosity.
A young person in a flowered tunic, standing by the sea, looks at a fish that has jumped out of a cup. The Page of Cups is open to surprise, to feeling and to creative impulses.
Upright
- a message
- creativity
- sensitivity
- curiosity
A young person in a flowered tunic, standing by the sea, looks at a fish that has jumped out of a cup. The Page of Cups is open to surprise, to feeling and to creative impulses.
Reversed
- emotional immaturity
- creative block
- bad news
- escapism
Moodiness, or a creative idea that will not form. Reversed, it points to emotional immaturity and mixed messages.
Not every reader uses reversals. Many treat a reversed card as the same theme, blocked, delayed or turned inward.
Astrology and numerology
Court cards are read as people or as styles of behaviour rather than as events. Page of Cups is traditionally linked with the water signs: Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. These links are looser than those for the numbered cards, and writers differ over which court goes with which sign.
Yes or no
In yes or no tarot, Page of Cups counts as a yes when upright, and as a no when reversed. This follows a common convention and not a rule from the deck's makers.
Tarot is a tradition of symbolism. This page says what readers traditionally associate with the card. It does not predict anything and it is not advice.