Cups · Minor Arcana

Six of Cups

Tarot Card Meaning

Six of Cups tarot card from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Upright

  • nostalgia
  • innocence
  • childhood
  • reunion

Sweet memories and childhood joy resurface. Reconnect with innocence and the people who shaped you.

Reversed

  • stuck in the past
  • unrealistic nostalgia
  • moving forward
  • maturity

The past holds you captive in rose-tinted memory. It's time to live in the present.

Symbolism

A child offers a cup of flowers to another — the pure gift of innocent love.

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