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Ten of Cups: A couple stand with their arms around each other, raising their arms to a rainbow of ten cups. Beside them two children dance, and a house stands among green hills.
Pamela Colman Smith, 1909. Public domain.

Ten of Cups

Minor Arcana · Suit of Cups

Upright
  • happiness
  • family
  • harmony
  • emotional fulfilment
Reversed
  • family tension
  • broken harmony
  • misaligned values
  • unrealistic ideals

In the picture

A couple stand with their arms around each other, raising their arms to a rainbow of ten cups. Beside them two children dance, and a house stands among green hills.

Upright meaning

The Ten of Cups is lasting happiness: a loving home, a close family or group, and shared values. It is one of the most contented cards in the deck.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, the picture isn't as perfect as it seems. There may be tension at home, a gap between ideals and reality, or different ideas of what happiness means. Talk about it.

About the suit of Cups

Cups are the suit of water: feelings, relationships, love and intuition. Cups cards tend to describe how you feel about something and how you connect with other people.

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The suit of Cups

Meanings here are one common reading of the cards, written for this site. Tarot is for reflection and entertainment; it can't predict the future, and it isn't advice.

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