Six of Cups Tarot Card Meanings and Combinations

Picture of Six of Cups card from Easy Tarot

Suit Element:
Water, female, passive energy - emotions

Keywords and Phrases:
‘Blast from the past,’ nostalgia.

Six of Cups Tarot Card Meanings

The focus of the card is the children playing in the meadow, a reflection of days gone by, filling cups with the flowers of happy memories.

The Six of Cups represents past influences, so people or places from the past will feature or make a reappearance. In whatever context, there’s always a past connection with this card. For instance, depending upon surrounding cards it may show a place you’ve previously worked, somewhere you used to live - an old stomping ground, an old friend reappearing, or a past love coming back onto your radar.

You can expect a past aspect to make an entrance, but if surrounded by certain cards it may show nostalgia, or longing for things that used to be, although generally this is a happy card.

If reversed or ill-dignified the focus is more upon the here and now, the future, and brings new possibilities.

Six of Cups Tarot Card Combinations:

Six of Cups > Ace of Wands: An old idea reimagined, inspiration stems from the past but takes you forward into an exciting new direction.

Two of Wands > Six of Cups: Can indicate a former business partner or working group.

Four of Wands > Six of Cups: Taking a short break to a former stomping ground, possibly staying or meeting up with old friends.

Eight of Wands > The Lovers > Six of Cups: May bring news or messages regarding a former lover, previous love interest, or childhood sweetheart,

Six of Cups > Seven of Cups: dreaming of past times, wistful daydreams and nostalgia.

Six of Cups > Nine of Swords: Worrying over past issues, may show old concerns or anxieties possibly connected to childhood.

Six of Cups > Six of Pentacles: Exchanging memories, gifts and tokens, with an old friend.

Judgement > The Magician > Six of Cups: Resurrecting previous skills can take you back into old territory. Taking the initiative to revive connections with past contacts.

You'll find more information to help you in Easy Tarot: Learn to Read the Cards Once and For All! book and card set. Available from bookshops and online:
Llewellyn, Amazon.com Amazon UK, Wordery, & Book Depository

Material provided here is in addition and complementary to the kit. Copyrighted material displayed with permission of Llewellyn Please see my notes regarding combinations and reversals on the main index page.

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