Uprightlove, new feelings, compassion, emotional renewal
Reversedemotional loss, blocked feelings, emptiness
Upright meaning
The Ace of Cups represents new love, compassion and emotional renewal. It points to the beginning of a relationship, a deepening of feelings or a moment of spiritual fulfilment. The heart is open.
Reversed meaning
Reversed, it can show blocked or repressed emotions, emotional loss or a feeling of emptiness.
What the card shows
A hand emerges from a cloud holding a cup that overflows with five streams of water. A dove carrying a wafer descends into the cup, and water lilies float on the pond below.
As your card of the day
Your heart is open to new feelings today. Let love and compassion flow in and out. Emotional renewal is possible.
“My heart is open to giving and receiving love.”
Do something kind for someone without expecting anything back.
Questions
What does Ace of Cups mean in tarot?
The Ace of Cups represents new love, compassion and emotional renewal. It points to the beginning of a relationship, a deepening of feelings or a moment of spiritual fulfilment. The heart is open.
What does Ace of Cups reversed mean?
Reversed, it can show blocked or repressed emotions, emotional loss or a feeling of emptiness.
Is Ace of Cups a yes or no card?
Yes. Yes; open your heart.
Card pictures: the 1909 deck by Pamela Colman Smith (public domain). Meanings based on A. E. Waite's The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), rewritten in modern language. For inspiration and reflection only.