About these meanings: the traditional descriptions and meanings on this public reference page are taken from material associated with the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck. Some of the language is historical, severe, or old-fashioned. Slogit Tarot modernises this terminology and greatly expands the meanings, examples and interpretations inside the Arcana Nexus learning course.

Minor Arcana · Cups

Three of Cups

Card Code C3

Suit Cups

Rank Three

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Description & Symbolism

Three of Cups

Maidens in a garden-ground with cups uplifted, as if pledging one another.

Divinatory Meaning

Upright

The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing.

Unexpected advancement for a military man.

Reversed Meaning

Reversed

Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.

Consolation, cure, end of the business.