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Archival Source:1909 Rider-Waite-Smith
Artist:Pamela Colman Smith ('Pixie')
Rights Status:Public Domain
500-Year Historical Lineage
Minor Arcana · #5
TRADITIONAL CORRESPONDENCEFive of Cups
Lord of Loss in Pleasure · The Grieving Traveler
🜄water· The Grieving Traveler
Element
water
Astrology
Mars in Scorpio (1st Decan)
Hebrew Path
Minor Pip
Chromatic Tone
Charcoal Black & Blood Red Spilled Wine
Upright Hermeneutic (Dynamic Principle)
Mourning spilled wine while forgetting the two full cups standing behind you. Honoring grief without letting it eclipse the future.
Inverted Hermeneutic (Friction & Shadow)
Acceptance, healing old wounds, turning toward remaining hope.
Iconographical Motifs
Cloaked Figure Head BowedThree Spilled CupsTwo Full Cups BehindBridge to Castle
Celestial Timing & Ephemeris Resonance
The tragic nadir in the dramatic arc.