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Nine of Cups

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

Nine of Cups

Wishes fulfilled, contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, gratitude.

Keywords · Upright

  • wishes fulfilled
  • contentment
  • satisfaction
  • pleasure
  • gratitude

Keywords · Reversed

  • superficial happiness
  • greed
  • unfulfilled wishes
  • smugness
  • inner lack

Superficial happiness, greed, unfulfilled wishes, smugness, inner lack.

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How this deck reads it

Nine golden cups arranged in neat order on a cloth-covered table make the fruits of achievement countable at a glance. The crossed arms and faint smile reveal at once the wish to hold fast to that fruit and the relief of already having it in hand. The flowering branch and moon behind, and the small golden tower at the right, are decorative excess placed beside a filled seat, visually supporting a satisfaction swollen to its height. The luster of pearl spreads across each cup and makes abundance glisten, yet the figure's gaze is directed straight ahead rather than at the cups, so the fullness also retains a quality of resting in self-confirmation.

Artwork

Nine cups are set in a neat row before a man seated at ease behind a table covered with a blue cloth, and behind him hang a plum branch and the moon.

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