Six of Cups: tarot card meaning

Six of Cups is card 6 in the suit of Cups, associated with the element of Water. Drawn upright it speaks of harmony, feelings, connection; reversed, of feeling blocked, disconnection.

Upright meaning

harmony, feelings, connection

Nostalgia and memories -- a return to innocence, old comforts, or a kind act that carries a childhood warmth.

Reversed meaning

feeling blocked, disconnection

Living too much in the past or idealising what was -- the present needs your full presence.

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

In a three-card reading

In the past position Six 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.