Arcana Encyclopaedia

Three of Cups

Minor Arcana Cups

Correspondences

  • Sephirah: Binah
  • Element: water
  • Zodiac: Cancer
  • Decan: 2nd decan of Cancer
  • Thoth Title: Abundance

Meanings

Rider-Waite-Smith

Reversed

Keywords: Desire, will, determination, project. Eight of Cups Lord of Abandoned Success—Saturn in Pisces—Stage Card Now the mild moon wax and dwindle, Voice of winds keep calling, While the long paths wind before me, Falling, rising, falling. Arthur Waite, Collected Poems he Eight of Cups carries powerful magic and evocative quiet. Waite tells us the card “speaks for itself on the surface.” A figure moves upward. Silent water ripples beneath a sun and moon. A strange twilight of mystical colors is on the

Desire, will, determination, project. Eight of Cups Lord of Abandoned Success—Saturn in Pisces—Stage Card Now the mild moon wax and dwindle, Voice of winds keep calling, While the long paths wind befo

Upright

Keywords: Fairy favours, images of reflection, sentiment, imagination, things seen in the glass of contemplation; some attainment in these degrees, but nothing permanent or substantial is suggested.

Thoth / Crowley-Harris

Upright

Keywords: Mercury

You have something especially valuable to share. Be open for the people who can share these exquisite feelings with you. They are also a gift; you don't need to look for them.

Number 3: Form

Established force, arete (excellence). The element realized, taking its first definite form.

Narrative position: establishment