Do you have high hopes? Are you working on getting where you want to be by sitting around on the couch? Do people tell you that your dreams are just illusions? Are you greedy but not willing to work for what you most desire? Do you have a plan to get rich quickly? Are you tempted to have an affair? Did you cheat on a diet or exercise plan and stick to the script that obesity is just in your genes? The Seven of Cups is a card that appears in tarot readings when what you desire has no connection with your ability to get it or when temptation offers temporary pleasures that could bring permanent damage. Talk about the Seven of Cups as feelings!
Sevens are not considered unwelcome in a spread, but they do bring some sort of obstacle with them. Let’s take a closer look at what that means should Seven of Cups appear in your tarot spread.
Seven of Cups Meaning
The Seven of cups meaning entails a lot of details. A silhouetted figure stands in the foreground of the card, looking deep into it. Under a blue sky, a swirling cloud has rolled in, and on it rests seven cups. Each cup is filled with a different illusion. There is a castle, jewelry, a victor’s laurel wreath crown, a woman, a glowing body rising as if from the dead, a snake, and a dragon. Many different variations on these cups’ contents exist in the myriad tarot decks available to your card reader. However, these are the most common and recurring ones to appear.
In the tarot, The Suit of Cups represents emotions, and the cups’ contents signify temptation. Are you after the material gains represented by the castle, the beauty represented by the jewelry, or the power of life and death itself, as defined by the raised body? Or, perhaps you exhibit lust as represented by the woman, or you seek the glory only a laurel wreath can indicate?
Love Meaning: Relationships take work to maintain but if you’re willing to put in the effort, you will experience personal growth and stronger bonds with your partner. No relationship is perfect and that’s ok. Unconditional love means you take the good and the bad. Accepting each other just as you are, without judgment, will lead to new levels of understanding and deeper commitment.
Money Meaning: Your finances are going to increase soon. You’re going to have many opportunities presenting themselves to you all at once. These are open doors, and they all lead to abundance. Use good discernment skills and carefully weigh out the pros and cons of each offer in order to make the right decision for your future.
Career Meaning: If you’re looking to diversify your portfolio, and experience level, or make a career move, now is a good time. Based on your skills, you can go in many different directions and thrive. Think outside of the box and get out of your comfort zone to improve your current situation. It’s a favorable time for furthering your training and education as well.
Family Meaning: Life at home may be hectic right now. You may feel spread thin and exhausted when it comes to family and home life. Your house is abuzz with constant activity. Set healthy boundaries, ask for help, and learn how to delegate effectively. This will help settle things down and help ease the burden off your shoulders.
Seven of Cups Positioning
When a tarot reading commences, the cards are all placed in specific areas based on when they are pulled from the deck. These positions represent your past, your present, and your future. A card’s meaning changes based on its location in a reading — including whether or not it’s upright or reversed.
Upright
Cups are the emotional suit, so in the upright version of The Seven of Cups, the obstacle lies in deciding when there are too many choices or putting daydreaming to better use (such as making those dreams come true). Generally, this card is a hint that you’ll get past whatever obstacle is there.
Reversed
Obstacle alert. The Seven of Cups reversed turns daydreams into procrastination and illusions, lies and denial. It’s also a card that can signal a lack of dreams and creativity. Either you’re refusing to decide on something, or you feel as though you’re at a dead end with no resolution in sight.
Past Position
When The Seven of Cups is in the past position, it’s an indicator that your pursuits of pleasure have brought you to where you are today. So, if you’re not where you should be in life, you have nobody to blame but yourself. Pleasure-seeking may mean you are pursuing a life of selfishness at the core. A past based on narcissistic pursuits doesn’t typically lead to a solid present or future.
Present Position
In the present position, the Seven of Cups card indicates that you are being sidetracked by desire instead of staying the course in a healthy relationship or ongoing project. For example, many people drop out of school when they are tempted by the easy path of partying and a steady meager paycheck.
Alternatively, some individuals are obsessed with proving they can seduce the opposite sex whether or not he/she is married and without considering the damage they are doing to themselves and others. What may look fun and tempting is seldom as enjoyable as it seems, and yet the cost is often higher in personal suffering than we ever imagined.
Future Position
In the future position, this card is not menacing at all. Temptations, in this case, may even be motivators of something good coming your way somewhere down the road. It’s possible that you are tempted to continue on a current path out of self-interest. While the card may tempt someone to drop out of school when it is in the present position, in the future, it can cause greed that one can only satisfy by staying in school to get a higher paying job. The Seven of Cups is definitely a character-building card.
Seven of Cups Card Combinations
Your tarot reading includes many cards, and they all influence each other. The shift in meaning can be subtle, and it can be intense, depending on the combination.
Positive Inspiration: The Seven of Cups is the lower echo of two cards in the Major Arcana: The Chariot (card #7) and The Star (card #17). The Chariot represents the victory of manifesting something that you’ve always wanted. The Star represents the inspiration to pursue a particular course in life. If either of these cards appears in a reading with The Seven of Cups, desire and motivation are intensified while pleasure-seeking is lessened.
Manipulation: The Magician is a card associated with illusions, and if it appears in a reading with The Seven of Cups, you might be the person who is tempting others by manipulating their desires.
Denial: With the Three of Swords present, your pursuit of illusion is in response to a broken heart, no matter how firm your denials. It’s a symbolic Seven of Cups love match.
Self-Destruction: When paired with The Nine of Pentacles, your attempt to keep up with the Joneses has a self-destructive side as you go into further debt to keep up appearances.
Irresponsibility: When The Seven of Cups is in the same reading as The Sun, someone else is paying the bills, and you are taking full advantage of having a second childhood with few foreseeable consequences.
7 of Cups Love Reading
The seven of cups tarot card is an auspicious card to pull in a love reading. It can say a lot about your current relationship or what you can expect from a future partnership. This card usually emerges when you’re struggling to decide between two lovers or whether or not to stay in a relationship. If you see this card in a reading, it’s imperative you are in a healthy place to make a good decision. Seek professional advice from a therapist, counselor, or psychic advisor. Don’t make hasty decisions or choices based on temporary feelings or lust. It’s imperative to pull clarification cards and carefully assess the meanings the surrounding cards to give you a good read on your unique situation. Here is a love reading based on the 7 of Cups tarot card that will help you gain insight into your current love situation. It’s ideal if your trying to choose between two people or if you’re struggling to decide if you should enter into or leave a relationship.
Place the 7 of Cups Card at the top of your spread face up and then pull 6 more cards, placing them in a row below the 7 of cups.
- What is the overall energy of my current situation?
- Outcome if I stay (or choose person #1)?
- Outcome if I go (or choose person #2)?
- What are my blocks and obstacles?
- What is the advice from Spirit?
- What lesson am I meant to learn from this?
Interested In Exploring More Tarot In The Suit of Cups?
The tarot deck has four suits of cards that describe the fundamental ways in which we all take in experiences: thought, feeling, creativity, and material reality. A tarot reading with many cards from the suit of Cups is about emotions. However, if there is just one card from this suit among the many in your reading, your feelings are not playing a big role in your life at this time.
Not to worry. A Keen advisor can help you navigate the roadblocks that are preventing you from feeling balanced. Book a Seven Cups tarot session with one of our experienced tarot readers and get your life back on track.
FAQs:
What is 7 of Cups in feelings?
This card suggests the feelings of you or the person in question are indecisive. You or someone else could be unsure of their true feelings and therefore will most likely not act. This card symbolizes too many opportunities coming all at once and making clarity difficult.
Is 7 Cups tarot yes or no?
Unfortunately, the 7 of cups is a neutral card, not suggesting a clear yes or no answer. As the symbolism of the imagery suggests, there are too many choices, temptations, and questions at hand, preventing a clear decision from being made. If you pull this card in response to an answer, it’s a wise to pull clarifications cards or take a step back from the situation and give it time to clear your head before making a choice.
What does the Seven of Cups advice mean?
It means don’t rush into acting or making a decision. There is plenty of time to do more research and educate yourself so you can make a well informed choice between someone or something. Keep you mind sharp and open to solutions. You don’t have to be rushed into something or settle if you’re not comfortable with it.
