Page of Cups
A gentle message from your own feelings.
A tender, creative message. Listen to your feelings.
- sensitivity
- imagination
- openness
Element: Water
What the card shows
A young person in a flowered tunic stands by the sea holding a cup, from which a small fish pokes its head. The water behind is calm.
Pages are beginnings, and Cups are feeling and imagination. The fish rising from the cup is a playful picture of an unexpected idea or emotion surfacing. The sea behind is the deeper unconscious.
▲Upright
A tender, creative impulse; being open to surprise in your inner life.
What small feeling is trying to get my attention?
▼Reversed
Feelings are held back, or become melodrama.
Am I ignoring a quiet feeling because it seems childish?
Page of Cups in a reading
In love
A sweet gesture or an honest feeling shared for the first time.
Reversed: Feelings are held back, or become melodrama.
At work
A creative idea that needs room; a gentle beginning.
Its shadow side: moodiness, escaping into daydreams.
As one of the Cups
Feelings, love and relationships. The suit's element is Water. It shows where in daily life the reading plays out.
Related cards
The other pages: the same kind of person or approach, in another area of life.
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Questions about Page of Cups
What does Page of Cups mean in tarot?
A tender, creative impulse; being open to surprise in your inner life. Keywords: sensitivity, imagination, openness.
What does Page of Cups mean reversed?
Feelings are held back, or become melodrama. Blocked: afraid to be vulnerable. Excess: oversensitivity. Inward: a creative idea kept secret.
What does Page of Cups mean in love?
A sweet gesture or an honest feeling shared for the first time.
What does Page of Cups mean for work?
A creative idea that needs room; a gentle beginning.
What question does Page of Cups ask?
Upright: What small feeling is trying to get my attention? Reversed: Am I ignoring a quiet feeling because it seems childish?
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