Six of Cups
Six of Cups, minor arcana. nostalgia, childhood, kindness, reunion.
Children in a courtyard exchange cups full of flowers, in a village square. The card is about warm memories, simple kindness and people from the past.
Upright
- nostalgia
- childhood
- kindness
- reunion
Children in a courtyard exchange cups full of flowers, in a village square. The card is about warm memories, simple kindness and people from the past.
Reversed
- stuck in the past
- naivety
- unrealistic memories
- moving forward
Living too much in the past, or an idealised memory that does not match what happened. Reversed, it is a prompt to look forward.
Not every reader uses reversals. Many treat a reversed card as the same theme, blocked, delayed or turned inward.
Astrology and numerology
In the Golden Dawn scheme that most modern decks follow, each numbered minor card from two to ten is given a planet in a sign. For Six of Cups it is Sun in Scorpio. The suit's element, water, comes from Cups.
Its number reduces to 6, which numerology associates with care, responsibility, harmony. See every card that reduces to 6.
Yes or no
In yes or no tarot, Six 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.