Five of Cups from the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck

At a glance

  • CardV
  • SuitCups
  • ElementWater
  • Yes or noNo

 Cups · Minor Arcana

Five of Cups: meaning, reversed & advice

Loss is present. Grief is real and valid. Sadness is appropriate to what's happening.

Upright

Loss is present. Grief is real and valid. Sadness is appropriate to what's happening.

Reversed

Grief is beginning to lift. Healing is possible. Hope is returning.

In work

A professional loss has occurred. Job change, relationship fracture, or dream dying. The grief is legitimate.

In money

Financial loss. Money is gone or opportunity has closed. Sadness makes sense.

What to do with it

Upright — advice

Feel the grief. Don't rush to fix it. Some losses require time.

Reversed — advice

The worst has passed. You can begin to move forward.

At work

Honor what's being lost. Grief is love in the presence of absence.

With money

Acknowledge the loss. Avoidance prolongs the pain.

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