Tarot card

Nine of Cups

Nine of Cups: satisfaction and comfort made visibly available. 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 · Nine of Cups in full

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The oldest attribution here is Suit and element Water, first attested 1888 CE.

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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Sephirah and number

  • Yesod

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

    In the Nines, the suit's force gathers into a strong foundation. It can now sustain a substantial result, fortunate or difficult according to the suit and surrounding cards.

    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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