The Tarot Suit of Cups is associated with the suit of
Hearts in standard playing cards.
There are meanings associated
with each of the suits in a Tarot Deck, as well as the more
specific interpretations
associated with each individual card - and yet more precise
meanings pertaining to particular cards in particular locations
within spreads.
The "Cups" depicted on tarot cards are usually
in the style of goblets, ceremonial, or communion cups (as
above).
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The suit of Cups is associated with the element
of water - an obvious and so easy to remember association
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It is also associated with the season of autumn
(or "fall" in
U.S. English), and with the direction "West".
Cups concern emotions, love, romance, range of emotions,
mastery of emotions and feelings, and "gut reactions" that
call upon our intuitive as opposed to intellectual development. Put
another way, they concern "right-brain" rather than "left-brain"
thinking, where the right side of the brain is associated
with purely logical, mathematical-style processing, whereas
the left brain is associated with artistic abilities, personal
or "people" skills, and so on.
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