Minor Arcana · Cups
Seven of Cups
The mirage
Upright meaning
Too many choices and most of them are mirages. You need a clear head to separate the real from the pretty.
Reversed meaning
A choice made, or disillusionment as the truth appears.
What is in the picture
A silhouetted figure faces seven cups floating in cloud. Each holds something: a human head, a glowing shrouded shape, a snake, a castle, jewels, a laurel wreath, a dragon. Only the silhouette is solid. Everything else is up in the cloud and nobody has touched any of it.
Love
Idealising your partner. Look at the actual person.
Career
Many directions. Cut most of them to focus on one.
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 all seven options down and cross out four of them today. Decision quality falls off very fast as the number of options rises.
Is Seven of Cups a yes or a no?
Not yet. You are standing in front of too many imagined versions and have tested none of them against reality.
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