Four of Cups

four of cups

Three cups right in front of you and one floating past your nose. You're missing it because you're moping a little.

Upright Four of Cups

The Four of Cups is the card of looking away. A figure sits beneath a tree, three cups in front of him untouched, while a fourth is offered from a cloud, and he isn't seeing it. The Four is about apathy, contemplation, or the kind of emotional fatigue that misses what's right there.

Drawing this card often signals you've been so focused on what you don't have that you haven't noticed what you do. The Four of Cups isn't a judgment; it's a tap on the shoulder.

You've been so focused on what you don't have that you haven't noticed what you do.

Reversed Four of Cups

Reversed, the Four of Cups is the moment you finally look up. The fog of disinterest is lifting. The offer that's been sitting in front of you, or the person, or the opportunity, is starting to register.

It can also point to coming out of a depressive lull. The card reversed asks you to act on the first thing that catches your attention. Don't overthink it.

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