The Suit of Cups
The Suit of Cups is the suit of water: feeling, love, relationship, and the inner life.
Cups carry the element of water, the realm of emotion and connection. They speak to love and friendship, grief and joy, intuition and the tides of mood. When Cups appear, the heart is usually the subject, and how freely or carefully feeling is flowing.
As a mirror, a Cups card asks about your emotional world. What are you feeling underneath the surface, which relationships are asking for attention, and where is your heart full or running dry?
The 14 cards of the Suit of Cups
From the Ace, the pure seed of water, through the numbered story to the four court cards. Tap any card for its full meaning.
Common questions about the Suit of Cups
What does the Suit of Cups mean in tarot?
The Suit of Cups is the suit of water: feeling, love, relationship, and the inner life. Its territory is emotion, relationship, and intuition.
What element is the Suit of Cups?
The Suit of Cups is the element of Water. As a mirror, a Cups card asks about your emotional world. What are you feeling underneath the surface, which relationships are asking for attention, and where is your heart full or running dry?
How many cards are in the Suit of Cups?
Fourteen: the Ace through Ten, plus the Page, Knight, Queen, and King of Cups.
Does the Suit of Cups predict the future?
No. In Auspice the Suit of Cups, like every card, is a mirror for reflection, not a prediction. It points to a theme worth noticing, not an event that is fixed to happen.