Six of Cups
Affirmation
I freely give myself to others, expecting nothing in return.
Symbolic Attributes
- Element:
- Arcana:Minor Arcana
- Suit:Cups
- Archetype:
- Numerology:6 (The Adjustment: cooperation, collaboration, interaction)
- Hebrew Alphabet:
Keywords
Description
Children in an old garden, their cups filled with flowers.
Light Meaning
- Donating your time and talents to others
- Taking satisfaction in knowing how your efforts will aid others
- Creating a win-win scenario
- Giving even when you know repayment is not possible
- Being motivated to do a good deed
Shadow Meaning
- Linking your sense of self-worth to the appraisals of others
- Striving to appear more needy than you really are
- Taking undeserved or unmerited charity
- Bragging about your charitable efforts
- Profiteering in times of distress
- Refusing to share a burden
Questions to Ask Yourself
- •What gifts do I possess? How freely do I give them?
- •How can I practice unconditional giving?
- •How would things change if I became a more charitable person?
Personal Meaning
Issues around children, childhood and childbearing. Also feelings, relationships and experiences we associate with childhood.Be sure to examine your actions and motives and be sure that they are rooted in good will and noble intentions. Keep your situation as simple as possible and try to have fun, appreciating all the good things life offers.
Feelings, relationships and experiences we associate with childhood. A sense of wonder, simplicity, happiness and innocence.
Issues around children, childhood and childbearing. Also feelings, relationships and experiences we associate with childhood.Be sure to examine your actions and motives and be sure that they are rooted in good will and noble intentions. Keep your situation as simple as possible and try to have fun, appreciating all the good things life offers.
Personal Reversed Meaning
Put aside your rose coloured glasses and face the facts with a higher degree of brutality. Romanticizing or over-simplifying isn't going to help this matter. Alternatively, this card can signify guilt or ill will.
A missed childhood. Feelings of guilt, ill-will or suspicion. Not being allowed or able to be happy and carefree.
Facing facts and seeing them with a degree of brutality. Romanticizing or over-simplifying isn't going to help this matter. Alternatively, this card can signify guilt or ill will.
Fortune Telling
- •A stingy spirit is strangling your enjoyment of life
- •Loosen up and think of others for once, why don't you?