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Five of Cups, Waite-Smith tarot, 1909

Minor Arcana · Cups · Water

Five of Cups

Thoth: Disappointment

In a reading

Grief over what is spilled, while two cups still stand behind you. Mourn, then turn around.

Upright
Loss, grief, regret, disappointment
Reversed
Acceptance, forgiveness, moving on

Correspondences

Suit
Cups · element Water
Thoth title
Five of Cups: Disappointment
Golden Dawn title (Book T)
Lord of Loss in Pleasure
Astrology
Mars in Scorpio (0°–10° Scorpio, a decan)
Sephirah
גבורה Geburah (5), Strength, Severity (also Din, Judgment, and Pachad, Fear)

Card image: Pamela Colman Smith, Rider-Waite tarot, 1909 (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).