Foursiþe Minor Arcana Reference: 🜄 Cups

🜄 Cups: Pip Cards (Ace to 10)

Card Name Core Mechanism Spacetime Meaning (Upright) Timespace Meaning (Reversed)
Ace (01) Initialization of emotional interface. Pure potential of psyche; affective receptivityNew emotional opening; intuitive beginning; "heart" awakensSuppressed feeling; blocked "heart"; vulnerability feared.
Two (2) Mutual recognition; mirrored emotional resonance Connection; dynamic union; emotional agreement One-sided bonding; projection; unspoken disconnect or imbalance
Three (3) Shared experience; emotional triangulation Celebrated Acceptance; community bonding; felt belonging Overindulgence; performative closeness; exclusion behind smiles
Four (4) Emotional stasis or asceticism; refusal of offered experiences. Withdrawal; re-evaluation; inner saturation Missed opportunity; emotional numbness; passive detachment
Five (5) Emotional loss held in focus Grief; regret; fixation on what is already gone Unprocessed closure; inability to progress; stuck mourning or resursive looping of some other affective script.
Six (6) Memory-encoded emotion; past meets presentNostalgia; emotional memory; inner child contactIdealization; time-warped feelings; regression
Seven (7) Fantasy saturation; illusion overloadMany desires; imaginative overwhelm; unclear emotionDistraction; emotional escapism; false options
Eight (8) Abandoning what no longer nourishesDeparture; intentional release; journey toward depthAvoidance; spiritual bypass; running from discomfort
Nine (9) Contained emotional satisfactionContentment; emotional fulfillment; wish grantedSmugness; superficial happiness; performance of peace
Ten (10) Emotional completion; relational harmonyUnified bond; lasting joy; sustainable connectionForced joy; hollow unity; unresolved emotional undercurrents

🜄 Cups: Court Cards (Knave to King)

Card Name Core Mechanism Spacetime Meaning (Upright) Timespace Meaning (Reversed)
Knave Emergent emotional interface; raw contact with feelingEmotion is offered tentatively into the world; first expression of vulnerabilityEmotion forms internally; psychic sensitivity without defined outlet
Knight Emotion in motion; pursuit of felt idealsVisible movement toward emotional or aesthetic coherence; expressive actionInternal tension between ideal and reality; longing driving quiet shifts
Queen Emotion held consciously; attunement to invisible currentsExternal calm concealing emotional depth; stable emotional gravityDepth processing inward; heightened attunement in silent phase
King Integrated emotional authority; sovereign affectEmbodied emotional command; leadership through feeling presenceInternal anchoring of emotional field; clarity held without external demonstration