Tarot card

Five of Cups

Five of Cups: grief focused on what is lost while something valuable remains. The card joins the water nature of Cups to its place in the numbered sequence.

2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 with no source located · Five of Cups in full

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The oldest attribution here is Sephirah and number Geburah, first attested 1888 CE.

Sephirah and number

  • Geburah

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    The Fives bring resistance. The suit's growing force meets conflict, obstruction and the test of whether it can continue under strain.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, p. 27

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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Suit and element

  • Water

    Traditional
    Who says so
    Not yet attributed to a school
    Earliest verified attestation
    1888 CE
    Ancient or scriptural source
    Not yet investigated

    Cups express the powers of Water: receptivity, relationship, imagination, pleasure and emotional experience.

    Evidence

    1. Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23

      · Mathers, c. 1888 (Golden Dawn internal)

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