Four of Cups card

Between faith and doubt

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

support

The card is a blocker as the querent is experiencing fear and a loss of trust regarding the question. The process that reached its peak with the Three of Cups has come to a halt. This stagnation is not due to an incorrect reading of the situation. To move forward, the querent needs to look inward and examine where they have lost trust or succumbed to fear.

Relationships

Career

Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

Four of Cups card signifies a period of introspection, contemplation, and perhaps a feeling of dissatisfaction or disconnection. In the tarot card, the symbols are optimistic, vibrant, and full of life and abundance. Despite this, the person may feel rejection and doubts, even though the card represents celebration. The reality has not changed since the Three of Cups, which symbolized a joyful celebration. The person has lost their trust and doubts have poisoned their spirit. The challenge presented by this card is to regain balance and rediscover faith in their abilities and the opportunities available to them.

Four of Cups card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
Tree	Represents nourishment, shelter, protection, connection to the earth. The roots symbolize the physical, the trunk the emotional, and the branches the spiritual. It also signifies abundance and growth.
Cup	The cups symbolize material and spiritual abundance. They represent the element of water; water is an emotional component, symbolizing the feminine and the nurturing womb.
Hand from a Cloud	Symbolizes power, control, protection, giving, and receiving. The cloud represents divine power, transience, a barrier, and renewal.
Youth Sitting Withdrawn	The youth sitting with crossed arms and legs represents youthful energy, growth, innocence, and optimism, but his closed-off posture indicates doubts and fears.
Gaze Downwards	The downward gaze and withdrawn posture indicate that he doesn’t see the blue sky, green grass, and abundance before him. He lives in fear and doubt, symbolizing surrender and closed-mindedness.
Light Blue Sky	The light blue sky represents potential, opportunities, optimism, freedom of expression, independence, and hope. Blue skies are a sign that all possibilities are open. It symbolizes spirituality, infinite possibilities, and eternity.
Green Grass	Symbolizes the person’s mindset and feelings about their situation. The well-tended green grass represents positive emotions.

Mythology

The love between Psyche and Cupid grew stronger, but Psyche began to miss her family. She returned to her father’s house and, although she said she was happy, her sisters told her that she had not married a beloved man, but a winged serpent. This planted seeds of doubt within her. The card represents doubts that harm happiness. It challenges the querent to learn to remove doubt and mistrust from their life.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In a reading, the Ace represents the inception of an idea, the Two indicates developmental work, and the Three shows the reaping of the fruits. The Four represents the beginning of a foundational stage in the process, signifying the laying of groundwork. As a result, the person may feel restlessness and a sense of delay. While the Ace is initial and innocent, the Four signifies a start that carries memories of the past. To develop, the person needs to undergo a process, change something within themselves, and address the inhibiting factors. In this card, the inhibiting factors are feelings of rejection and doubts that arise.