Three of Cups: tarot card meaning

Three of Cups is card 3 in the suit of Cups, associated with the element of Water. Drawn upright it speaks of growth, feelings, connection; reversed, of feeling blocked, disconnection.

Upright meaning

growth, feelings, connection

Friendship, celebration and shared joy -- a gathering that restores you and reminds you of belonging.

Reversed meaning

feeling blocked, disconnection

A thin crowd or a feeling of being left out -- reach for connection rather than waiting to be invited.

The suit of Cups belongs to Water and to feelings, relationships and belonging.

In a three-card reading

In the past position Three of Cups describes the current that carried you to where you are; in the present position, what is most alive in the situation now; in the future position, the direction things tend toward if nothing changes. A reading weighs it against the other two cards rather than on its own.