A hand from a cloud holds a golden cup overflowing with five streams of water, a dove above it dropping a wafer marked with a cross. The water falls into a pond of lilies below.

Minor Arcana · Cups

Ace of Cups

  • new love
  • open heart
  • overflow
  • emotional beginning

Leans yes

Upright meaning

A cup overflowing into still water. A feeling is arriving. Let it fill before you ask it for a name.

 (reversed)

Reversed meaning

Blocked feeling, the cup turned over, love withheld from yourself.

Advice

Let yourself be moved.

Yes or no?

Ace of Cups leans yes in a yes or no reading.