Six of Cups card

A recurring lesson

Supporting / Blocking Tarot Card

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The Six of Cups can be either a supportive or blocking card, depending on the querent’s behavior regarding the question. This card represents a challenge from the past reappearing, giving the querent a chance to address it differently. If the querent has learned from the past lesson, the card will be supportive. However, if they fail to confront the challenge again, the card becomes blocking.

Relationships

Career

Finances

Relationships

Career

Finances

The Meaning of The Card

Six of Cups represents past memories resurfacing as a current challenge. Success will come if the individual can approach this opportunity from a new developmental perspective, with a fresh outlook. This card encourages using past experiences to inform and improve the present, rather than letting them hinder progress.

Six of Cups card: The Meaning of The Symbols

Card Symbols	Symbol Meaning
Village	Partnership, protection.
6 Cups	Represents the element of water; water is an emotional element and a feminine symbol. The cups resemble the nurturing feminine womb.
Forget-Me-Not Flowers	White flowers symbolize the ability to create significant development in a person’s life. Their white color represents purity and sensitivity. They also symbolize the potential for “renewed blooming.” The flower’s name comes from the medieval belief that those who receive it will never forget their beloved.
Two Children	The children symbolize past memories, events that the person has experienced and that return to allow for growth and maturity. They also symbolize immaturity, joy of life, constant learning, and a desire for new experiences.
Fence	Protection, separation, boundary, obstacle.
Yellow Background	The yellow color filling most of the card symbolizes intellect, diligence, communication, and the tools to confront the situation again. It is important to be cautious of allowing ego or a false self-image to influence the confrontation. Yellow also represents abundance, energy, happiness, and signifies both courage and caution. It represents both internal and external communication.
Blue Background	The blue sky symbolizes potential, opportunities, optimism, freedom of expression, independence, and hope.
Guardian	The guardian standing with his back to the viewer symbolizes the gatekeeper of the subconscious, who protects past memories.

Mythology

Psyche did not want to return to her home, but she also could not stay in the palace as the shared memories with Cupid were painful for her. She returns and sits on a rock, waiting. Even though Cupid does not return, she decides to correct the mistake she made. The card represents the possibility of correcting the past. It symbolizes a second chance.

Representation of the Card in a Reading

In a reading, the Five cards represented a reaction to the delay shown in the Four cards, but the person’s response was unbalanced. In the Six cards, the problems the person faced in the Five cards are resolved. The Six cards are cards of achievement, success, harmony, and completeness. After success, it is important for the person to continue improving their life and developing. Compromise can lead to neglecting both old and new goals and halting development, which in turn can damage the achievements that were gained.