CUPS
Six of Cups
NOSTALGIA · CHILDHOOD · FOND MEMORIES · RECONNECTION
Upright
Two children exchange flowers in cups — the upright Six of Cups is the card of gentle nostalgia, of childhood memories, of that feeling of home that carries comfort and innocence with it. It can signal that someone from your past is coming back into your life, that it's worth reconnecting with an old hobby or passion, or simply that it's time to remember what once brought you joy and lightness. Unlike the Five of Cups, these memories ache with good longing, not regret — the past serving as comfort, not burden. The cottages in the distance, their windows glowing, remind us that home isn't always a place — sometimes it's just a memory that warms you from within.
Reversed
Reversed, the Six of Cups is clinging too hard to the past — living in memories instead of building the present, resisting new people and experiences. It can signal that you've lost touch with the lightness of your own inner child, and you urgently need to find time again to play, to be free, to live in the now. (…)
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