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Six of Cups

△ Six of Cups

Six of Cups

  • nostalgia
  • innocence
  • old friends
  • kindness returned

Quick facts

Deck
Cups
Number
No. 20
Artwork
Rider-Waite-Smith · 1909

Upright

Children in a courtyard, one giving flowers to the other. Six of Cups is sweetness with history — the old friend who reappears, the kindness you can finally return, the childhood thing worth resurrecting as an adult. Give something simple to someone today; that is the whole assignment.

Reversed

Reversed, the past is leaking into the present: nostalgia used as an exit from today, or an old debt of kindness repaid with interest it never earned. Visit the memory; do not move into it. What was good then can be re-made newly now, not restored.

In love, at work, with money

In love

In love, the Six of Cups is sweetness with history: an old flame returning, or a present love that feels like childhood summer — safe, playful, kind. Nostalgia is welcome here as seasoning, not as a map. Give like a child: freely, without invoices.

At work

At work, this card favors mentorship and memory: the colleague who teaches you patiently, the craft you learned young. Give knowledge away — generosity with skill compounds strangely well.

With money

Money-wise, the Six of Cups is gifts and heritage: family support, an old asset maturing, kindness economics. Accept help gracefully; it is a cup being passed, not a debt.

Common questions

Is the Six of Cups a yes or no card?

A nostalgic yes — for reunions, gifts, family matters and gentle beginnings. The Six of Cups says the sweetness is real; just make sure the past is seasoning, not the recipe.

What does the Six of Cups symbolize?

Two children in an old village courtyard, one filling a cup with flowers for the other — innocence, memory and kindness exchanged without calculation.

Reads in combination

  • Judgement — Six of Cups + Sun: memory in daylight — the reunion or revisiting goes warmly, without the ache.

Sources & further reading

Card art: the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot (1909) — public domain originals. Symbol readings follow the original deck's imagery; the meanings are Soulolo's own plain-language interpretations.

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