Astral Dove

Five of Cups

loss • despair • re-evaluation • regret • uncertainty • repentance

Statistics

arcaneMinor

suitCups

number5

numerology5 (The Catalyst: instability, resistance, confrontation)

astrologyMars in Scorpio

Meanings

Light

Acknowledging loss and moving on

Focusing on how the glass remains "half-full"

Finding the silver lining in a dark cloud

Recognizing that loss is a natural part of life

Embracing healthy grief

Learning lessons from harsh consequences

Shadow

Wallowing in unhealthy grief or self-pity

Refusing to move on and let go

Clinging to the past

Obsessing on past lives and past loves

Failing to live in the present

Beating yourself up over past mistakes

Allowing fear of failure to limit your efforts

Description

A dark, cloaked figure, looking sideways at three prone cups two others stand upright behind him; a bridge is in the background, leading to a small keep or holding. Divanatory Meanings: It is a card of loss, but something remains over; three have been taken, but two are left; it is a card of inheritance, patrimony, transmission, but not corresponding to expectations; with some interpreters it is a card of marriage, but not without bitterness or frustration. Reversed: News, alliances, affinity, consanguinity, ancestry, return, false projects