Tarot Card Meanings: Cups and Swords Complete Guide

In common divination: return, attraction, desires, adultery, courtship, lovers, sweethearts. Jack of Cups. The slave of the Cup. Number: 10. Letters: I J Y. Hieroglyph: a headless man, with a veiled cup in his right hand, walks disoriented. Omen: "Unhappy loves, betrayals that one does not want to uncover from those believed to be friends and from strangers. Great sadness, unhappy celibacy or marriage." In common divination: disgust, seduction, child or young man. Ace of Cups. The Cup. Number: 20. Letter: G K. Hieroglyph: a closed cup. Omen: "The invasion of a passion stronger than reason, to which one will succumb." Danger of seduction or scandal. In common divination: excitement, passion, violent affection. Two of Cups. The two Cups. Number: 30. Letter: L. Hieroglyph: two cups in a circle. Omen: "Union and sympathy of hearts, shared love, devotion (if poorly surrounded: sentimental rivalry)." In common divination: love, sentimental agreement (courtship), commitment in these things, union (physical or moral). Three of Cups. The three cups. Number: 40. Letter: M. Hieroglyph: three cups arranged in a triangle. From the top emerges the head of a young woman. Omen: "Flowering of innocent affections, awakening of the heart, poetry, tenderness, chaste love." In common divination: birth, pregnancy, awakening, prayer. Four of Cups. The Four Cups. Number: 50. Letter: N. Hieroglyph: four cups arranged in a square. Omen: "Solid loves and useful and lasting friendships, realization of heart's hopes." In common divination: childbirth, affection, happiness, calm and tranquility, home. Five of Cups. The Five Cups. Number: 60. Letter: X. Hieroglyph: Five Cups, one in the center, the others at the corners of a square. Omen: 'Bad marriage, quarrels, mismatched marriage.' Betrayals by friends. Internal struggles, unhappy passions. Violation, dangers of love. For a young woman: seduction. For a man: the dangers of a woman. In common divination: desires, refinement, art, joy. Six of Cups. The six cups. Number: 70. Letter: O. Hieroglyph: six cups arranged in two antipodal triangles interlaced like Solomon's seal. Omen: "Wrong choice of husband or wife due to bad parental advice or if one does not listen to the path of the heart or conscience." Abandonment, negligence, breaking of friendship, love, marriage. Double union, lover outside marriage. Inconstant spirit. In common divination: sensuality, temptation, infidelity. Seven of Cups. The seven Cups. Number: 80 Letters: F P. Hieroglyph: Seven cups forming a triangle over a square. Omen: "The triumph of woman or of a woman." Victories conquered the passions. Happiness in life comes through an encounter with a loving woman, but after countless adventures and great struggles (inversion for a woman, happiness through an encounter with a man, etc.) Common divination: relationship, sentimental success, love. Eight of Cups. The eight Cups. Number: 90. Letter: Ts. Hieroglyph: eight Cups, arranged at the eight corners of a cube. Omen: "Dangers of love scandal, condemnable acts regarding love." Forbidden loves. Effervescent passions. Separation, divorce. Unhappy marriage. In common divination: Conflict, sentimental dispute. Nine of Cups. The nine Cups. Number: 100. Letter: Q. Hieroglyph: nine cups, three of which form a triangle with an inverted vertex, above two antipodal interlaced triangles. Omen: "Union or bond with a widow or elderly person." Clandestine or mysterious marriage. Strange cases of love. Distance from marriage, celibacy or impediment and delay in union plans. Recommended care in choosing conditions." In common divination: hidden loves, platonic feelings, etc. Love secrets. Ten of Cups. The Ten Cups. Number: 200. Letter: R. Hieroglyph: ten cups, nine of which are arranged in a circle, and the tenth in the center. Omen: "Happy life, surrounded by affection. Numerous love affairs in youth, but survival of first loves. Many family members, many friends." In common divination: the city, libertinism, sentimental variation. Swords. King of Swords. The Master of the Sword. Astrologically corresponds to royal Aquarius (Fomalhaut). Number: 90. Letter: Ts. Hieroglyph: A crown on his forehead, seated on a throne with a sword in his right hand, with the point directed toward heaven. In his left hand, a short scepter. Omen: "Fortune in a military or judicial career." Very powerful enemies, military or political leaders. In current divination: office work, public official or cleric. Queen of Swords. The mistress of the sword. Number: 30. Letter: L. Hieroglyph: A queen with a crown on her forehead, seated on her throne, holding a sword in her right hand, turned toward heaven, with the hilt on her thigh. Omen: "Great contention from a woman, danger, danger from jealousy or revenge. Dangerous hatred of one or more women." For a man: divorce or abandonment. For a woman: fierce rival. In common divination: widow, abandoned woman, solitary woman, solitude. Knight of Swords. The fighter.