Four of CupsTarot card meaning
The Four of Cups is a Minor Arcana card in the suit of Cups. In tarot it means apathy, reevaluation and missed offer. As a yes or no answer, it leans yes.
Three cups in front of you, and a fourth being offered you haven't noticed. The Four of Cups is discontent that stopped looking, meditation curdling into moping. Check what's being handed to you.
In a yes or no reading: Yes · yes or no tarot →
- Element
- Water
- Astrology
- The Moon in Cancer
- Number
- 4
What the card shows
A young man sits under a tree with arms crossed, staring at three cups on the grass. From a small cloud, a hand offers him a fourth, and he does not see it. Nothing in the card is wrong; that is what makes it uncomfortable. Enough became boring, and boredom became blindness.
Four of Cups reversed
The trance breaks. Reversed, it marks the return of appetite, the moment you finally reach for the offered cup, or stand up from under the tree entirely.
How to read a reversed card →Four of Cups in love
In love, the Four of Cups is the one not looking at the cup being offered: seated under the tree, arms crossed, three cups in front and a fourth coming out of the cloud. It speaks of someone who already receives love and does not register it, of a relationship that bores because it stopped being looked at. The card says the offer is there. Lift your eyes before you say there is nothing.
Is Four of Cups a yes or a no?
The Four of Cups answers yes, even though you are not looking at it. The young man under the tree has three cups in front of him and a fourth held out from a cloud, and his arms are crossed. What you ask is already being offered. The yes depends on you lifting your eyes.
Compare: the same card in all four suits
| Card | Keyword | Element | Yes or no |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four of Wands | celebration | Fire | Yes |
| Four of Cups | apathy | Water | Yes |
| Four of Swords | rest | Air | Not yet clear |
| Four of Pentacles | holding on | Earth | Not yet clear |
Cards that often appear with it
- Five of Cups
The next card in the suit
- Four of Wands
The same number in the opposed element
- The Moon
The Major Arcana that rules this suit's questions
Number and correspondence
In the deck's old correspondences, the Four of Cups belongs to the Moon in Cancer.
Will this card find you tonight?
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