Six of Cups

SIX OF CUPS – Family

Upright and Reversed Keywords

Upright

Peace and harmony within family

Reunion or reconnection

Making new friends

Old memories or past-life themes

A gift or favor

Reversed

Overwhelm from family obligations

Two significant relationships (affair energy)

Emotional burden or resurfacing past trauma

Core Meaning

This card pulls us back to where it started — family, memory, and early love.

It can speak to childhood, ancestral healing, or emotionally safe spaces — both joyful and painful.

Sometimes it’s sweet.

Sometimes it’s bittersweet.

Reversed Meaning

The reversed Six of Cups shows unresolved emotional weight.

It may feel like:

“Why am I still carrying this?”

“Do I have room for both of these people?”

“I’m not over what they did.”

Carol’s Reflection

Clients sometimes try to spiritualize their pain here.

But this card doesn’t want you to bypass — it wants you to feel the origin point.

Client Journal Prompt

What part of my emotional past is still shaping my present?

 Image Credit

Image: Ace of Pentacles from the Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot (1909 edition), illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith. Public domain.