What does the Four of Cups tarot card mean?

Melancholy, despondency, being immersed in the past and failing to notice the present. A person overlooks something very important in their life or situation; they are bored, but this is entirely due to their own blindness.

What does the Four of Cups reversed mean?

If in an Upright position the Four of Cups is a rather critical card and can be seen more as an unlucky one, then in a Reversed position it acts in the exact opposite capacity. A person shakes off boredom and opens up to something - this can be new opportunities, new connections, new acquaintances, new approaches to old problems, new knowledge. They reconsider the possibilities they rejected earlier and try to overcome their own passivity. This is a fairly typical card for someone ready to rush headlong into a relationship after a period of loneliness or to grab onto any job, just to get back "into circulation."

What does the Four of Cups mean in love?

Traditionally, this is a card of "bachelors and spinsters," that is, people who delay marriage for a long time due to their own psychological attitude and refuse the gifts of fate.

What does the Four of Cups mean for career?

Everything is quiet, familiar, known, predictable, and already boring. There is neither a sense of challenge nor satisfaction in the work. It does not arouse enthusiasm, and there is no desire to perform feats of labor. There may be a slight feeling of being "sucked into a swamp," leaving no room for growth and self-expression. Disappointment in the profession. The initial stage of professional burnout.

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Four of Cups

Cups — Minor Arcana

Lord of Blended Pleasure

Satiety

Excess

Luxury

The third decan of Cancer from July 12 to 22.

Astrological equivalents: Cancer, Virgo, Jupiter in Cancer, Moon in Cancer, Neptune.

Mars in Cancer as a symbol of vexation and resentment

Esoteric key: "liberation from the spell cast by the present"

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