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Five of Cups

Three cups down and two still standing behind you. The loss is real; it is also not all of it.

Mars in Scorpio · Vrischika 1st decanUpright & reversedFree
FiveFive of Cups. A cloaked figure looks down at three spilled cups, not seeing the two still standing behind, with a bridge and a house across the river.Five of CupsMars in Scorpio · Vrischika 1st decan
SuitCups · Water
RankFive
Book T calls itLoss in Pleasure
ElementWater
PlanetMars · Mangal
SignScorpio · Vrischika
Decan1 · 0°–10° Scorpio
What the card shows

A cloaked figure looks down at three spilled cups, not seeing the two still standing behind, with a bridge and a house across the river.

Upright
grieflosswhat spilled

Three cups down and two still standing behind you. The loss is real; it is also not all of it.

Reversed
turning aroundrecoveryacceptance

Turning to see what is left. Grief loosening its grip.

In love

Mourning something that ended. Do not decide about the future here.

In work

Salvage what survived. Two cups is enough to start again.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Five of Cups being Mars in Scorpio describes the card and not your chart.

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