Minor Arcana · Cups
Four of Cups
The sulk
Upright meaning
You are bored and not seeing the opportunity being held out in front of you. Look up.
Reversed meaning
Starting to notice again, accepting what you had refused.
What is in the picture
A young man sits with his arms folded under a tree, three cups on the grass before him. A hand from a cloud offers a fourth — and he is not looking. Nothing bad happens in this card. That is the problem: not bad, not enough, and he is missing what is being handed to him.
Love
Dissatisfied but not yet clear what you want instead.
Career
Bored at work. The opening exists; you have not seen it.
About this suit
Cups are about feeling, love and relationship. The inner world: what you feel, what you long for, and how you connect.
One thing you can do
Write down three things you have now that you wanted a year ago. This card is cured by attention, not by acquisition.
Is Four of Cups a yes or a no?
Not yet, because you do not really want it. This card is about boredom more than about lack.
Beside another card
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