The 78 cards
Read each RWS card through its imagery, relationships and limits.
11 articles
Ace of Cups: an opening of feeling is not a promised relationship
Read the RWS Ace of Cups through its religious imagery and nourishment themes, separating felt experience, chosen expression and another person’s response.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-044Eight of Cups: describe the change before deciding what departure means
Waite records departure, declining importance, and contradictory readings for the Eight of Cups. Explore changing involvement without treating the card as an instruction to leave.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-041Five of Cups: what remains does not cancel what was lost
Read the RWS Five of Cups through three fallen cups, two standing cups and a distant bridge, without calculating loss percentages or predicting someone’s return.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-040Four of Cups: a new offer may not answer the current need
Read the RWS Four of Cups through dissatisfaction and an offered cup, distinguishing fit, available information and choice without moralizing refusal or diagnosing a mood.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-048Knight of Cups: make an invitation vivid, clear, and answerable
Waite’s quietly riding Knight links imagination with approach and proposals. Distinguish an appealing invitation from acceptance and a promise that can actually be kept.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-045Nine of Cups: enjoy a specific satisfaction without promising the future
Explore Waite’s materially satisfied figure and the limits of apparent security. Keep enjoyment, other people’s responses, and future arrangements distinct.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-047Page of Cups: give an emerging idea form without inventing a message
Waite’s fish and attentive Page connect mental images, study, reflection, and news. Distinguish what an image inspires from what another person actually communicated.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-043Seven of Cups: distinguish an attractive possibility from an available option
Read Waite’s visionary cups without turning imagination into guaranteed opportunity. Separate desired experience, verified conditions, and a specific next action.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-042Six of Cups: a familiar memory can meet a different present
Read the RWS Six of Cups through its competing past and new-environment interpretations, comparing remembered experience with current conditions without forecasting reunion.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-046Ten of Cups: shared happiness can contain different experiences
Read Waite’s adults, unnoticed rainbow, and independently happy children. Explore shared contentment without making one family image a universal standard.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits
TA-CARD-038Two of Cups: mutuality needs two expressed positions
Read reciprocal action in the RWS Two of Cups, separating affinity from agreement and noting that Waite’s main entry does not supply a separate reversed paragraph.
Read first: The structure of a tarot deck: 22 cards and four suits