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Seve of Cups
Card "Seve of Cups" Credit: Tarot Rider-Waite

VII Seve of Cups

The Seven of Cups means dreams or something that is trying to warn us. So pay attention to dreams right now as they can contain important information. At the same time, the card also indicates the dreams we have in life. However, be careful not to get lost in daydreams. Dreaming is very good, but if we do not roll up our sleeves, they will never come true. In short, the main advice is: do not get lost in illusions.

A little more about Seve of Cups...

The Seven of Cups symbolizes duality, the universal dichotomy: good and bad things, illusion and reality, light and dark, hot and cold. When this card appears in a reading, it suggests caution. Pay attention to the dreams you are having and follow your intuition.

In the card, we see 7 cups where each one contains a symbol, such as a laurel, which represents victory. However, it suggests that to achieve victory there is always an effort. There is someone with a back turned who seems surprised by so many offers. The person is trying to choose one, but he/she must be careful, because every choice can be an illusion or temptation, and there can always be hidden danger in some of them. It represents the choices we have to make in life, where often only one is right and other times none can be right, revealing only illusions.

Clouds symbolize dreams, abstractions, and mysteries. The prizes that each cup contains are a mixture of negative and positive things. The snake symbolizes knowledge. The head represents a company, the tower stability, while the treasure is pretty obvious. The laurels symbolize success and the dragon the strength of the 4 elements, as it is a mythological being that has each of them in its physical composition.