Ace of Cups card

The flow of activity and movement in the physical world.

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

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A supportive card symbolizing the release of blockages that comes after a process where the querent gains insights and abundance. It represents trust in oneself and the environment. It can be likened to the situation when the plug is removed from a bathtub, allowing the water to flow freely.

Relationships

Career

Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

The Ace of Cups is represented by the element of Water, which symbolizes flow, emotion, trust, and faith. With the help of Water, the Ace opens up emotional blockages and obstacles. It signifies the release from emotional barriers and obstacles, changes in approach and trust. Water enables adaptability, containing the knowledge of when to seep through, go over, or around obstacles. The Ace allows for letting go of the past.

Ace of Cups card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
Dove	Heralds peace and tranquility within a person, the Holy Spirit, resurrection, purity, and higher consciousness. Its white color symbolizes purity.
Circle and Cross	The cross symbolizes the connection between spirit and matter. The vertical line represents active spirituality, the horizontal line represents passive materiality, and balance. The circle symbolizes cyclicality, balance, and movement.
Chalice	The chalice symbolizes abundance, the water represents emotions, life, flow, and emotional development. Water is an emotional element and a symbol of femininity. The chalices resemble the nurturing female womb.
Fountain	The five streams flowing from the chalice into the pool symbolize the five senses, life, aesthetics, and movement. The pool represents collective emotion.
Rain	Fertility, vitality, cleansing, renewal, and growth.
Hand	Symbolizes power, control, protection, giving, and receiving.
Cloud	Represents power, transience, and a barrier, renewal.
Halo	Represents a divine figure, holiness, reflecting the state of the soul.
Lotus Flowers	Symbolize divine power, beauty, purity, and eternal life. Enlightenment, perfection, optimism, uniqueness.
Gray Background	Represents compromise, reduction, detachment, protection.

Mythology

Mythology is represented by the story of Psyche and Cupid.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In a reading, the Ace symbolizes a new beginning, opportunity, success, abundance, and trust. It signifies a change either within an existing process or as the start of a new one, realizing the spiritual essence in the material world. The answer is always positive.