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Meanings

Five of Cups

Video Interpretation: Five of Cups
Key Words: Sorrow, melancholy, disappointment in love, loss, regret, despair, bereavement, bad choice.
Key Feelings: Feeling like the argument got out of control or you were completely misunderstood.
Description: This card suggests that there may be a time of bereavement at hand. This card hints that emotions may have been involved in previous decisions, or simply flowed uncontrollably, tainting the current moment. You may feel the need to cry, or an overall sadness. There is a deep sense of loss that you may feel a personal, regretful, attachment too as if the problem is because of a choice that you made. There is still value in the turbulence relationship. To move forward, foster any spark of hope and let time heal the wounds. You will need to rebuild the relationship.
Suit: Cups
Words: Emotions, feelings, open.
Description: The suit of cups is all about the flow of the energy that is perceived as emotions and feelings. It is the conscious and unconscious direction of that energy and all the intellectual aspects that go along with it. Every emotion that you can list is covered by this energy. This energy is directly related to touch, in both the physical and energetic levels.
Number: 5
Words: Adventurous, daring, versatile.
Description: This energy comes out as being raw, adventurous, daring and freedom-loving. It stirs people to move and interact. People that channel this energy are versatile, flexible, adaptable and courageous. If combined with or expressed with feminine energy, it empowers strong social interactions, a desire through curiosity and an active sensuality. Expect people expressing this energy to be quick-thinking, witty and worldly. They will know how to act when it’s time to act.
Element: Water
Words: Emotion, intuition, empathetic.
Description: Water is the universal solvent, reducer and purifier. It is considered the body of emotion and intuition. It is a strongly feminine element that tends to enhance the emotional experience or make it deeper. It is nurturing, sympathetic, empathetic and imaginative. Consider it fluid, cold and wet. It is associated with winter.

Five of Cups (↓)

Video Interpretation: Five of Cups (↓)
Key Words: Moving on, acceptance, forgiveness, learn to take risks again, end of suffering.
Key Feelings: The feeling that the issue is finally out in the open.
Description: Reversed, this card suggests that it may be time to move forward with your situation. If you have been suffering, or consumed by great disappointment, that energy may be moving on. Here, the energy turns towards acceptance and forgiveness for yourself and others. The card brings the realization that it is ok to allow yourself to be open emotionally. This card may indicate that you have found enough strength to be willing to love again. You are cried out and ok. Be willing to make choices again.
Suit: Cups
Words: Emotionally vulnerable or defensive, closed, refusing the energy flow.
Description: In the reversed position, the suit of cups is all about the missing flow of the energy, that is perceived as emotions and feelings. It is the conscious and unconscious mis-direction, or uncontrolled aspects of that energy and all the intellectual aspects that go along with it. Every emotion that you can list is covered by this energy. This energy is directly related to touch, in both the physical and energetic levels, yet the overtones show there may be the absence of consent.
Number: 5
Words: Chaotic, irresponsible, self-indulgent.
Description: Reversed, this energy tends to bring out and amplify unstable, chaotic or irresponsible behaviors. There will be lots of splash, with no substance. There will be a tendency for the energy to create self-indulgent or careless actions and behaviors within the person. When mixed with insensitive masculine energy, there is a strong attraction for escapism through drug abuse or unhealthy sexual escapades. Pain may be seen as being pleasurable.
Element: Water
Words: Unbalanced emotion, spookily intuitive, lacking empathy.
Description: Reversed, water carries all the emotion with none of the reason. It is the storm in a teacup. It tends to dissolve situations, or grind the rocks to sand. It is unbalanced and maybe spookily intuitive. It is that feminine energy of spite. There is a lack of nurturing, sympathetic, empathetic or imaginative understanding. It is cold, wet and fluid. It is the heart of winter.