Six of Cups

Suit of Cups · Card 6

Upright keywords

nostalgiachildhood memoriesinnocencereunion

Reversed keywords

stuck in the pastidealized memoriesreluctance to grow

Traditional meaning

Two children exchange a cup of white flowers in a quiet courtyard where six cups stand filled with blooms. The Six of Cups evokes nostalgia, innocence, and kindness carried forward from earlier days.

Reflection

May point toward a memory rising with something to say about your present. What sweetness from the past wants to inform, rather than govern, your today?

Relationships

Can invite tenderness rooted in shared history and the comfort of familiar faces.

Career

May suggest reconnecting with an early passion or a skill learned long ago.

Growth

Often asks which childhood gifts you might reclaim and which stories you have outgrown.

Illustration: Pamela Colman Smith (1909), public domain.