X of Cups
Tarot Card meaning

Keywords:
~ abundance of good feeling
~ joy and happiness
~ time of peace and harmony
~ tranquility and contentment
~ time with family
~ culmination

Reversed:
~ preparation for a new phase
~ ending just around the corner
~ parting with loved ones
~ end of an era

Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

-Guillaume Apollinaire

The X of Cups is the card of joy, fulfillment, and happily ever after. How lovely! This is always a welcome card in a ready. People delight to see it’s happy scene and think that this is the energy that belongs to them. Beautiful joy and happiness are here. The time is now. What activities can you do now that make you feel happy, contentment, and joyful? What makes your heart sing? Do that now.

This card signifies peace, love, familial contentment, and harmony. This is the best time. It is now. You have everything you need. Be happy. Be fulfilled. Recognize that things are going really well!

The X of Cups also speaks about alignment between values and actions. You deserve to be acknowledged, appreciated, and valued. This is time of deep personal consideration, and when you can remember your worth.

Now is full of the blessing of opportunity. The card 10 is a culmination. It is a peak experience. And it is also an ending. Happily ever after is actually a rather short-lived experience, as I’m sure you know. You reach the summit but life isn’t over just yet. You have to keep living, which means making decisions, going through changes, weathering diffculties, making plans, etc. That’s why it’s so important to really enjoy the X of Cups moments that come along. Revel, relax, indulge, fully immerse yourself in the wonder and joy. A new beginning is on it’s way with another round of change and growth inherent within it. The X of Cups says that a cycle is ending, so enjoy this sweet moment before you start out again.

There is no 100% perfection. And the present is the time to be joyful. When you draw the X of Cups, consider what is joyful in your life even if you’re going through a really hard time. This card is still talking about right now. Life isn’t all joy or all despair. Things can be both. Things can be everything at once. Don’t we all know that on some level? All the feels can be happening at the same time. This is true on both a personal and societal level. It’s ok to be having a hard time and a good time at the same time. They aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, that is the way life is. 

Reversed

Why is the recognition of peace and joy in your life difficult sometimes? It’s pretty simply really: we humans have a tendency to always want more, to always dream bigger, to put off joy until we reach 100% total perfection. That’s the norm in this day and age. We find it incredibly difficult to focus on what’s going right. We aren’t programmed to look on the bright side. It takes an effort to do so. That’s why so many people are into affirmations, because these positive phrases don’t come naturally. We have to work to focus on the positive. We have to stop and force ourselves to begrudgingly admit that we are enough, usually with an air of disbelief. 

Instead of noticing good feelings of fulfillment and content, you could be focusing on what’s going wrong. You are focusing on lack. You are focusing on the problems you are facing. You are looking at all the things that you aren’t doing, that you should be, how you’re falling behind. Perhaps you are in a whirlwind of productivity shaming, withholding the feeling of being enough. 

It matters that you notice this the good. It isn’t spiritual bypassing and it isn’t wearing rose-tinted glasses. Good things are happening every day, and when we dismiss them, it isn’t a service to the world. It’s just missing out on the point of life- that there are ups and downs, goods and bads, lights and darks. That is the nature of existence.

If you draw the X of Cups and start to daydream about some future when all your problems are gone, take a step back. Notice what is beautiful about your life right now. Focus on where you are aligned and feel harmonious. Count your blessings. Allow that there is so much that is great about your life, right now, even though there are also things that are hard. You don’t want to miss out on the good stuff. The X of Cups is here to remind you to focus on happiness, joy, love, and fulfillment. It is here on some level, congratulations.