ELEMENT
Water
CUPS POWERWORDS
Emotions, Love, Relationship
THREE OF CUPS POWERWORDS
Celebration
QUICK MEANING
The Three of Cups tells you that a celebration is happening.
TRADITIONAL MEANING
Friendship, celebration, happiness, bonding, merriment, birth, joy.
CARD DESCRIPTION
Three women dance merrily while holding aloft three golden cups. Their colors are bright and the energy is happy. They are surrounded by flowers and vegetation.
SYMBOLS
Three Woman
The three women represent the inner joy we all carry inside of us. They are dancing with happiness, bliss and laughter. They are celebrating something.
Colorful Garments
The colors represent joy and happiness. White – unconditional love. Red – passion and excitement. Yellow – joy and happiness.
Flowers in the Women’s Hair
A traditional way of marking celebration. Women put flowers in their hair at parties, weddings and events.
Three Golden Cups
The Cups are containing love and joy and are raised into the air to give thanks. Kind of like saying ‘cheers’ when celebrating with friends over drinks.
Flowers and Vegetables
The flowers and vegetables represent celebration. When your close ones love you they may buy you flowers or make you a meal.
Yellow Garmented Woman and her Bundle of Grapes
Grapes represents wine/alcohol. Often when we celebrate we drink alcohol.
QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU EXPLORE THIS CARD MORE
What can you celebrate right now in your life?
How do you like to celebrate?
What are you grateful for?
Who are your closest friends?
Who do you trust and love?
What makes you laugh?
When was the last time you moved your body and danced?
When was the last time you felt joy and was fully in the moment?
Do you allow your friends to love and support you?
GOLDEN DAWN / QABALA
The Hermetic title for this card is ‘Lord of Abundance’
On the Tree of Life, the Number Three cards sit on the Sphiroth Binah which represents understanding. After the energy from the Divine enters Kether at the top of the Tree of Life, it next flows to Chokhmah. Chokhmah is the place of wisdom. The energy then flows onto Binah which is the feminine energy of understanding.
ASTROLOGICAL
Ruled by Mercury in Cancer
THREE OF CUPS REVERSED
When this card is reversed the partying and celebration has gotten out of control. There is probably drunkenness and wildness. There may be issues around friends and a breaking of connections. There may be a celebration but it ends up being an unhappy one. As usual surrounding cards can help you understand more about the Three of Cups. The Devil and the Three of Cups reversed could indicate wild parties and addiction.
Two important questions to consider with a reversed Three of Cups:
Why did you feel sad during the celebration? / Why are you feeling sad when you attend celebrations?
Do you feel when you celebrate that you overstep your limits and boundaries?