Ace of Cups tarot card meaning

new feeling · love · openness

Minor Arcana · Cups

Upright meaning

The heart opens — a new connection, or a fresh wave of feeling.

Reversed meaning

Feelings blocked, guarded, or spilling out unprocessed.

Symbolism

Cups hold what can be poured out or kept: emotion given shape. As a Cups card it belongs to water, the suit of feeling, relationship, intuition and the inner life.

Questions to sit with

• · Where is this card's energy already present in your life?
• · If this card were advice from a friend, what would they be telling you to do?
• · What would need to change for the reversed version to become upright?