Cups Five
失落, 悔恨, 聚焦余杯
Minor Arcana
Water
5
Card Meaning
The Five of Cups is an honest portrait of loss and grief, symbolizing the necessary process of mourning after emotional setback. The turbulent energy of the number five becomes a figure grieving three spilled cups, while failing to notice the two intact cups still standing behind him.
Upright
Upright Cups Five: energy flows openly; act with clarity and confidence.
Reversed
Reversed Cups Five: resistance or imbalance; pause and realign your approach.
Symbolism
A figure in a black cloak stands by a river, head bowed before three overturned cups whose contents have drained away, while two cups remain whole behind. A distant bridge leads to a castle on the far shore, symbolizing that there is still a way out and the possibility of rebuilding after sorrow, if only we turn our gaze from loss to what remains.