Six of Cups: tarot card meaning

General meaning

The Six of Cups is sweetness and memory: happy recollections, reunions, and generous gestures from the heart. The past visits you kindly. Enjoy the nostalgia without moving in permanently.

In love

In love it can announce someone returning from the past, or a relationship with the flavor of home and tenderness. It also invites you to reclaim innocence: to love with first-time simplicity.

At work

At work it signals old contacts bringing opportunities, or childhood talents worth revisiting. What you loved doing as a child may have a place in your professional present.

Six of Cups reversed

Reversed, it warns nostalgia has become an anchor: you idealize the past and it keeps you from enjoying the present. What was has served its purpose. Be grateful for it and return to your today.

Sources: Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911); tradición RWS

Frequently asked questions

What does Six of Cups mean in tarot?

The Six of Cups is sweetness and memory: happy recollections, reunions, and generous gestures from the heart. The past visits you kindly. Enjoy the nostalgia without moving in permanently.

What does Six of Cups mean in love?

In love it can announce someone returning from the past, or a relationship with the flavor of home and tenderness. It also invites you to reclaim innocence: to love with first-time simplicity.

What does Six of Cups reversed mean?

Reversed, it warns nostalgia has become an anchor: you idealize the past and it keeps you from enjoying the present. What was has served its purpose. Be grateful for it and return to your today.