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Five of Cups

A 78-card digital tarot drawn in the tones of nacre and dancheong.

Five of Cups

Loss, grief, regret, focusing on what's gone, disappointment.

Keywords · Upright

  • loss
  • grief
  • regret
  • focusing on what's gone
  • disappointment

Keywords · Reversed

  • acceptance
  • moving on
  • forgiveness
  • seeing what remains
  • healing

Acceptance, moving on, forgiveness, seeing what remains, healing.

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How this deck reads it

A hooded figure standing by the river under moonlight bows the head, leaving three fallen cups at the feet, while two cups remaining on a stone lie behind the back. The dark cloak with its rainbow sheen, rendered in mother-of-pearl, expresses a state that holds light even within sorrow. A bridge crossing the water in the distance suggests that a way across still exists.

The dark tones of dancheong bind river and night into one, visually condensing the weight of loss. The arrangement of the fallen cups and the standing cups divides the direction of the gaze, revealing through the contrast of materials the meaning that the size of what remains varies with what one chooses to look at.

Artwork

A figure draped in a dark cloak stands with head lowered by a moonlit river. Three fallen cups lie at their feet, two cups stand on a stone, and a bridge lies in the distance.

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