Seven of Cups tarot card meaning
Minor Arcana, Cups · Water · Venus in Scorpio · Yes or no: maybe
Seven of Cups upright
Keywords: choices, fantasy, illusion, wishful thinking
This card points to many tempting options floating in the mist. It asks you to tell the difference between a real possibility and a pretty dream. Choosing one cup means letting the others fade, and that is how things become real.
Seven of Cups reversed
Keywords: clarity, decision, disillusionment
Reversed, the Seven of Cups suggests the fog lifting and a choice coming into focus. It asks you to commit to one path now that you can see it. Some disappointment is natural when a fantasy dissolves.
Seven of Cups in love
Upright: Daydreams about what love could be may be getting in the way of the person in front of you.
Reversed: A clearer sense of what you actually want makes the next step in love much easier.
Seven of Cups for career and work
Upright: Too many possible directions can leave you doing none of them well, so choose.
Reversed: Illusions about a role or a venture dissolve and a realistic plan takes their place.
Symbols
- the seven cups in the clouds: options that exist only in imagination so far
- the veiled glowing figure: the unknown self or an unseen gift
- the castle, jewels and laurel: ambitions and rewards that tempt
- the serpent and the dragon: desires and fears mixed in with the dreams
- the shadowed figure: a chooser not yet decided
A question to sit with: Which of your options is real, and which is only a pretty picture?