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Meanings

9 of Cups

Video Interpretation: 9 of Cups
Key Words: Emotional fulfillment, true contentment, wishes fulfilled, comfort, happiness, satisfaction.
Key Feelings: The feeling of proud of achieving your heartfelt desires.
Description: The energy associated with this card is that of a mature understanding to what it takes to live and enjoy an emotionally satisfying life. It is the type of comfortable, sensual, deeply emotional satisfaction that most people dream of for their relationships. The card hints that the fulfillment is so great that it overflows to others in your environment. It is that feeling that your wishes have been granted. The happiness is grounded, firm and solid. It is the card that represents the energy of genuine pride at reaching your goal.
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: 9
Words: Humanitarian, compassionate, generous.
Description: This energy brings out traits that are help touch others in positive ways. You’ll find there is a willingness to be helpful, compassionate, charitable and generous. There may even be grander humanitarian types of feeling that drive projects or activities that the person is attracted too. Expect sophistication, romantic and aristocratic behavior that is performed with vigor. This is energy to feel proud of and to use to help drive your creative endeavors.
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.

9 of Cups (↓)

Video Interpretation: 9 of Cups (↓)
Key Words: Greed, dissatisfaction, materialism.
Key Feelings: The feeling like you’re always settling for second best.
Description: Reversed, we see genuine pride turn to greed and materialism. You may feel that all your wishes have come true, but others may see you as greedy, possessive and insensitive. There may be a strong drive to acquire the finest things and show them off. There may be a false sense of fulfillment in play where the energy drives a person to show off at any cost or pretend that he has arrived when that is simply not the truth. There may be a deep driving force of dissatisfaction in what is and what can be.
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: 9
Words: Arrogance, mental instability, fickle.
Description: When reversed, the generous, compassionate energy of the nine turns arrogant, egocentric and mentally unstable. Expect self-pitying behavior, excessive sentimental outbursts and emotional discontent. Nothing is ever good enough. Perfectly good solutions and activities are rejected or dismissed. The person is cold, fickle and unreasonable.
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.