The Rose Key (Ace of Cups)
Tarot card meaning
This is water: emotions, happiness, feelings, a creative spark, spirituality.
It's a feeling that spills over the rim: unconditional love, a heart healing, creative inspiration. A state of deep emotional uplift and empathy, an emotional breakthrough and acceptance.
Shadow side
Illusions, emotions that sweep you away, escaping into fantasy, or emotional dependence.
From the wider tradition
Not Tahmina’s own words: meanings common among other tarot readers, which she has reviewed and approved.
- A dove drops a wafer into the cup — grace, love from above, a spiritual gift. The wafer stands for cleansing and transforming your emotions.
- Five streams pouring from the cup — feelings overflowing, an abundance of emotion.
- A concrete beginning: a new relationship, a friendship, making up, a declaration of love.
The section above is the shadow side of the upright card — every card has one. I don’t read cards upside down — here is why.
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