THE ACE OF CUPS

IN SHORT:

UPRIGHT: LIVING ONE’S PRINCIPLES. COMPLETION OF A CYCLE, INTEGRATION, ACCOMPLISHMENT. NEW JOURNEYS

REVERSED: SEEK CLOSURE. REFLECT ON PAST. AVOID SHORT-CUTS, HALF-MEASURES.  DELAYED REALIZATION. FOCUS ON ANIMISTIC RELATIONS WITHIN THE PHYSICAL WORLD. 

KEEP SCROLLING DOWN FOR IN DEPTH EXPLANATION

IN DEPTH:
“LA LUTTE CONTINUE” or ‘THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES’. ANOTHER GLASS OF WINE APPEARS AS IF OUT OF NOWHERE. 

And it’s true, no matter what, the struggle will continue, and so let’s pour another round.  And another glass appears as if out of no where. It’s starting to feel like a ‘work-dinner’. Another round! But who is paying for what? There is an irrational feeling of liberation when you realize, despite any niceties, the boss is always your enemy. It’s not personal, it’s structural.

But because it is structural, you are not alone in this. We find one another, we can find intense passion in our commiseration, we can feel through this exhaustion together.  

The Ace of Cups asks the querent to let their cup be full, full with the truth, with anger, joy, sadness, romance, and hope. The Ace cup in tarot often represents the vessel of your subconscious mind and intuition being perpetually refilled from an inner within abundance. In this case our Ace of Cups is intent on evoking a moment always on the cusp of erupting into ecstasy or insurrection.  This cards want to remind us that there is real political power in solidarity. Because the ability to find common cause and shared experiences of oppression and exploitation–is the ability to build the coalitions that undergird mass-movements. 

Liberation is always upon us, but first we must see one another.