Six OF CUps
Keywords:
Familiarity, nostalgia, memories, reminiscing, sentimentality, healing, innocence, simplicity, goodwill, joy, pleasure, comfort, homesick, longing, immature, childish, early life trauma, charity, family, gifts, protection.
General:
Whether in the real world or only in your memories, the Six of Cups represents returning to familiar places, people, settings, or experiences.
It can arise when you are feeling particularly nostalgic about a past love. Or you might be heading back to your hometown for the holidays. It can also show up when you have found a person or a group of people that you connect with and you can enjoy the smalls things in life together.
This card suggests a period of support, comfort, and general wellbeing. You can take a moment and breath. Try to reconnect with your inner child and have a little fun.
Money & Career $
You may be returning to a familiar career or a job from somewhere in your past.
Additionally this can mean you are in a harmonious work environment where you feel cared for and nurtured or to a career where you are doing the nurturing for others.
Financially, this may be a time when you receive generosity from someone or are able to provide generously for another.
Love & Relationships <3
The Six of Cups signifies a relationship that is caring and supportive. It can indicate dating someone with whom you share a past history. This can sometimes be someone you’ve dated previously, but you are now two very different people. You have a chance to enjoy a stable relationship and share the comforts of a life together at this time.
It can also represent reflecting on past relationships or past partners. It is important to be objective and not let your judgement be clouded by the natural human tendency to see the past through rose colored glasses.
Other Aspects.
NUMBER: 6
NUMEROLOGICAL MEANINGS:
ELEMENT: Water
ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION: Sun in Scorpio
ASTROLOGICAL DECAN: 2nd Decan Scorpio
TREE OF LIFE PLACEMENT: Tiphareth, the sphere of beauty and rebirth
PERSONALITY:
ESOTERIC NAME: Lord of Pleasure
ANSWER: Yes
six of cups REVERSED
Keywords:
Living in the past, moving forward, leaving home, independence, stick in the mud, choosing to forgive, misaligned perception of past, past issues coming up, lost innocence, leaving home, growing up.
General:
The reversed version of this card may mean that you are holding onto the past so strongly that it is beginning to affect your life in the present. It is important to look back and learn lessons from our experiences, but value is in using what we learn to live better in the here and now.
Additionally the Six of Cups reversed comes up when you find yourself feeling constricted by the comforts and routines in your life. If you are wishing you could change things in your life this card may be suggesting it’s time to leave the safety of the nest and spread your wings.
Money/Career $
This card can indicate a job that is secure, but unfulfilling. You may be feeling a desire to move into work that allows you to express your creativity. You may even be considering a position in an entirely different line of work or somewhere in a far off destination. Now might be the time to consider that job in the Alaskan wilderness or working on the cruise ship your friend was telling you about.
Financially, this can mean you are becoming more independent and in control of your finances.
Love / Relationships <3
In a relationship this card can suggest being ready to move on. The relationship you are in may be comfortable, but it isn’t challenging you and this is beginning to eat at you.
Additionally it can mean clinging to past loves. You may be holding out for someone that is never coming back or comparing new partners to a previous lover which doesn’t allow new relationships a chance to develop.
Lastly, this can sometimes indicate issues from your childhood that are causing difficulties within you current relationship. This may be something you need to open up about with your partner or seek therapy to address.