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Three of Cups

Three of Cups: Three young women dance in a garden full of fruit and raise their cups together.

The picture

Three young women dance in a garden full of fruit and raise their cups together.

The meaning

Three women raise a toast, and the harvest lies all around them. The tradition reads the Three of Cups as friendship, good company and joy that is shared. It stands for celebrations, for solidarity and for people you can laugh with. Waite calls it a card of a happy outcome.

Reversed

Reversed, it is read as too much partying, or a circle of friends in which things are creaking.

In love

In love it is read as a cheerful time, friendship as a foundation or a celebration among friends.

At work

At work it stands for team spirit, shared success and good colleagues.

As your card of the day

Company does you good today. Ring someone you like laughing with.

The Three of Cups stands for shared joy. A small celebration, even a cup of tea for two, suits this day.

Cups belong to water. By tradition they stand for feelings, relationships and whatever moves us inside.

Picture: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite-Smith tarot, 1909, public domain (Wikimedia Commons).