| There are many ways to interpret the symbolism | | | | * Emotional |
| found in Tarot Cards. There are varying points of | | | | * Deeply Sensitive |
| view that exist about what each card means or | | | | * Ruled by the Heart |
| represents. This is just one way of interpreting them. | | | | Read over this list several times while trying to get a |
| When you understand this method you will find it to | | | | sense of the type of energies associated with the |
| be extremely accurate. | | | | suit of Cups. |
| Tarot Cards have a lot in common with Regular | | | | Generally, when there are many Cups cards in a |
| Playing Cards. Both types of cards have four suits. | | | | reading, or Cups cards appear in important key |
| However, the Tarot also has some additional cards | | | | placements within a spread of tarot cards, love or |
| that a Regular Playing Card Deck does not have. A | | | | relationship situations are probably emphasized in that |
| Tarot Card Deck has seventy-eight cards. | | | | particular reading. |
| The suit of Cups is similar to Hearts in a deck of | | | | In the Rider - Waite Tarot deck the Cup resembles a |
| regular playing cards. | | | | large Chalice or Loving Cup. |
| The Element for the suit of Cups is Water. | | | | Cups symbolize love and romance. Cups are symbols |
| Some of the qualities and meanings for the suit of | | | | for the heart and therefore represent anything that |
| Cups are: | | | | has to do with emotions, love, caring, relationships, |
| * Water | | | | good-will, joy, desire, truth, honesty, giving, sharing, |
| * Emotions | | | | trust, commitment, romance, marriage and |
| * Feelings | | | | partnerships of all types. |
| * Feminine | | | | Cups represent anything on the emotional plane, but |
| * Love | | | | can also represent the physical heart. Cups represent |
| * Beauty | | | | feelings, which can be both positive and negative. An |
| * Hearts (Regular Playing Cards) | | | | example of positive feelings are love, joy and |
| * Hearts (Romance, Affection) | | | | happiness while negative feelings could be depression, |
| * Subconscious Mind | | | | sadness, instability and vulnerability. |
| * Passion | | | | Cups also can indicate someone who is "sensitive" as |
| * Caring | | | | in psychic, intuitive or impressionable. |
| * Instincts | | | | Most musicians and artists will tend to have quite a |
| * Intuition | | | | few Cups in their reading due to their usually sensitive |
| * Empathy | | | | nature. |