Four Of cups
Keywords:
Contemplation, apathy, meditation, reevaluation, feeling disconnected, self-absorbed, regret, melancholy, boredom, indifference, stagnation, depression, discontent, refusing offers, yearning, negative perspective, fantasizing, day dreaming, putting an object of desire on a pedestal.
General:
The Four of Cups represents a time when you are aware of outward opportunities, but realize that they are unlikely to bring you much of any comfort or meaning within. Although, sometimes it is an indicator that you are too focused on the single cup to notice amazing opportunities that are available to you now.
Sometimes The Four of Cups is asking you to sit with a decision before saying yes or no. But more often it arises when you are feeling jaded or disillusion by past experiences or relationships and nothing seems good to you in the moment.
Whatever it is, the joie de vivre has been stolen from you and this card shows a need to search within to find it. If you are bored with your life, feeling deeply negative, or just generally unhappy, the Four of Cups suggests that understand the reason is paramount to solving the problem. This will likely require figuring out what is truly most important to you. This may be easier said than done, but on the bright side, learning to follow your joy is the surest way out of any rut that you may be stuck in at this time.
Money & Career $
In the context of your career the Four of Cups shows that you are feeling disconnected from work. Sometimes this represents itself as an inability to focus or get much done. You may be experiencing a sense of boredom or feelings of meaninglessness about work. This card can also indicate being down on yourself about the kind of work that you do. Its important to find meaning in what you do and if you are still taking steps towards finding work that aligns with your values, it is vital to find other sources of meaning outside of your 9-5 until you can fully make the switch.
Financially, this card is suggesting that you deliberate wisely before making any choices you can’t turn back from.
Love & Relationships <3
Within a long term relationship this card can show a need to take time to reflect and fortify oneself. It is important to be communicative with your partner if you are taking time to regenerative, so that they do not feel walled off.
Additionally, it may arise when ennui has set in with a new partner after all the shine has worn off. Now you both must decide if it is really worth putting in the effort to make it work and appreciate it the relationship for what it could become or else let it fall by the wayside.
As a single individual, this card usually shows dissatisfaction with the opportunities available to you. You may even have great options all around you, but are unable to see them because you are too busy pining for some other person or time that is unavailable to you now.
Other Aspects.
NUMBER: 4
NUMEROLOGICAL MEANINGS:
ELEMENT: Water
ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: Moon in Cancer
ASTROLOGICAL DECAN: 3rd Decan Cancer
TREE OF LIFE PLACEMENT: Chesed, the sphere of love
PERSONALITY:
ESOTERIC NAME: Lord of Blended Pleasure
ANSWER: Maybe
Four of cups REVERSED
Keywords:
Sudden awareness, choosing happiness, acceptance, depression, negativity, retreat, withdrawal, seizing opportunities, letting go of past mistakes, reinvigorated, proactive, the power of positive thinking, checking in for realignment.
General:
Reversed the Four of Cups can show an even more extreme side depression or apathy than the upright version, but usually it is telling you that this difficult period of detachment can be overcome if you are just willing to take the reins of your life back.
This may require you to begin to engage socially, go on dates, find a new job, put effort into a hobby, or just generally get proactive about doing things that will actually have some bearing in the real world. The Four of Cups reversed reminds you that you got stuck in the first place by focusing on the wrong kinds of things.
Ingratitude, victimhood, wishful thinking, and a woulda, coulda, shoulda attitude can keep you down for a long time and the only way to get back up it to stop feeling sorry for yourself and start putting something of value back into the universe. Yourself.
Money/Career $
When the reversed Four of Cups appears in a career focused reading you may feel stuck in your job and not making any progress, but possibilities for change are just around the corner. Often the universe will surprise you with opportunities that come up out of the blue. Now is the time for taking action and making things happen for yourself.
Financially, the Four of Cups reversed warns against spending money if you are feeling low. It’s much easier to let money slip through your fingers when you are down. Having the attitude that since nothing matters, spending a little more money won’t matter either, will can catch up to you very quickly.
Love / Relationships <3
Within a longterm relationship this card reversed can show being unhappy and being ready to move onto something new. Conversely, it can also show a renewed interests and investment into your partner.
It often indicates a person who is still getting over a past love. Depending on what stage you are in currently it may show that you are ready to begin to go back into the world of dating. If you have taken the time and effort to heal and learn from your last relationship, you will be able to carry those invaluable lessons as a guide into your next relationship.