Six of Cups tarot card meaning

nostalgia · innocence · the past

Minor Arcana · Cups

Upright meaning

Sweetness from the past, or a familiar face returning.

Reversed meaning

Living in memory, or finally releasing an old story.

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?