Suit of Cups

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

CUPS

The Cups are the suit of emotions and spiritual experience. They describe inner states, feelings and relationship patterns. The energy of this suit flows inward. Cups correspond to the yin, or feminine principle, in Chinese philosophy and are associated with the element Water. The ability of water to flow and fill up spaces, to sustain and to reflect changing moods makes it the ideal symbol of the Cups suit.

Suit Qualities

Positive
aesthetic
affectionate
agreeable
amiable
benevolent
calm
caring
compassionate
concerned
considerate
diplomatic
dreamy
emotional
empathetic
forbearing
gentle
good-hearted
gracious
healing
humane
imaginative
inner
intimate
introspective
intuitive
joyful
kind
loving
mellow
merciful
mild
nice
pacific patient
peaceful
perceptive
psychic
quiet
refined
responsive
romantic
sensitive
soft
spiritual
subjective
sweet
sympathetic
telepathic
tenderhearted
tolerant
understanding
wise

[U]Negative[U]
broody
delicate
doleful
escapist
fanciful
fragile
frail
gushy
huffy
hypersensitive
hysterical
impressionable
indolent
introverted
lazy
maudlin
melancholic
mopish
moody
morose
narcissistic
overemotional
overrefined
petulant
passive
sulky
sullen
temperamental
thin-skinned
touchy
vapory
waspish
wishy-washy

(Credited to Joan Bunning, "Learn the Tarot")

The three positive I have selected are: Intuitive, Compassionate and Patient. The three negative I have selected are: Frail, Introverted and Touchy.

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[Silver Venus]

I :heartthro the cups! For me they symbolise emotions and love, not just with our partners but with all our friends and family around us and for our own deep personal feelings too!
They like all the suits have positve and negative messages ~ its great to be emotional but not too emotional! Its great to wear your heart on your sleeve but not all the time and not in some situations as people can take advantage. One can be sensitive but also moody! One can be sensual but also dream to much and not live in the present!

The cups as the symbolise water are connected with the Water signs ~ Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces

The three posiitve words I have chosen are ~ Compassionate, loving and spiritual
and the negative ~ deliacte, moody, escapist