Page of Cups

To gain a more complete understanding of the Page of Cups, an overview of the suit and number is provided first.

Overview of the Cups

Aliases: Chalices

Element: Water

Zodiac: Pisces, Cancer, Scorpio

Playing Card Suit: Hearts

Class: Artists and Visionaries

Rules: The Heart

The Cups focus on emotions and matters of the heart. Tarot card meanings for the Cups suit tend to guide emotional questions of almost any nature.

Connected to the element of Water, this suit rules the Zodiac Water signs of Pisces, Cancer and Scorpio.

If you want to see all of the Tarot cards in the Cups suit, click here.

The Cups is the Tarot suit long connected with any issues of emotion. Ruled by water, feelings can run high when this suit makes an appearance.

When looking at the meaning of each Tarot card in the Cups suit, make note of what other suits are present. If there are also a lot of Coins or Wands, this indicates what is actually happening.

The presence of a number of Cups or Swords cards can suggest that this is more subjective, what the querent is feeling.

If you're just learning to read Tarot cards, use the position in the Tarot layout as well as the meanings to guide you. And never forget to listen to your gut instinct, even if it means the changing the official definition slightly.

Synopsis of the Page

The Page is a symbol that is commonly used to refer to children or youths, or perhaps those that while chronologically older, stay young at heart.

With the presence of youth, there is sometimes the misconception that there is a lack of skill or talent.

The Page indicates someone who is in the process of learning yes, but not necessarily untalented.  We all start at the beginning but only lack of practice or enthusiasm can limit our skill level.

When the Page appears, ask yourself if you still have that sense of optimism and hope when it comes to new ventures.  If the answer is no, The Page counsels you to reconnect with that inner child and look at the world with wonder again.

Upright Tarot Card Meaning:

The Page of Cups can refer to younger people with big and generous hearts. Usually gentle and very loving, imagination and creativity are a big part of their life. 

Sometimes this sensitivity can interfere with emotional stability, leading to a lot of fears and anxiety.

When the Page of Cups appears, it can be a signal for news, especially that of the happy variety.

Dreams and impressions may seem particularly vivid at this time and can herald the development of psychic and intuitive abilities.

Reversed Tarot Card Meaning:

With this Tarot card reversed, the Page of Cups can refer to someone drowning in unreality. Dreams and nightmares can cloud even the day and intuitive impulses seem fearful and strange.

It's a time where it is so easy to get caught up in the intangible, there may be some additional grounding required.

Spend some important time with some down-to-earth friends, choose tactile activities, and try to shut off your brain.

If you find yourself getting obsessed or consumed by your thoughts, remember that you have the power to control what you choose to think about.

Tarot Card Keywords: 

gentleness, imagination, sensitive, loving, fears and difficulties, awareness and emotion, dreams and education, opening psychic, pay attention, unreality and lack of grounding, suffering from bad dreams, strange intuitions.

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