In this chapter of the tarot course we will see, The 1 or Ace of Cups and its meanings. What does The 1 or Ace of Cups mean in the Tarot? What does the 1 or Ace of Cups card mean in love, work, money or health? What is its spiritual meaning and what does it reveal to us? What does the 1 or Ace of Cups card mean upside down or inverted?
The 1 or Ace of Cups in the Tarot
The Ace of Cups initiates the path of emotions.
The Ace of Cups, like all the aces of the other suits, is indicative of a new beginning, although in this case it is strongly oriented to emotions, whether it is a new love or the beginning of new emotional paths in other orders of life.
Graphic description of the card
- The Ace of Cups presents us in the graphic with a dominant hand of the scene holding a chalice from which fall from five streams of water. The hand coming out of the clouds symbolizes the influence that spiritual energy has on our consciousness.
- The halo of radiation around the hand are the rays that indicate that you should always trust your feelings and your heart to walk the path. It is your intuition and your inner strength speaking to you.
- The five streams of clean water represent abundance and how the power of spirit and its energy influence your five senses.
- A dove holding a small disk in its mouth (a wafer or host) descends from above, representing the incarnation and appearance of spirit in the earthly, material world.
- Below the hand is a large sea covered with lotus flowers, symbolizing the awakening of the human spirit.
What does the 1 or Ace of Cups mean in the Tarot?
The Ace of Cups in an upright position, General meaning: This card is undoubtedly very positive and heralds good news related to love, happiness and affection.
Things should be going very well on the emotional and affective level, it is time to feel good about life in general and the future looks peaceful and pleasant.
New friends and interesting people may appear, completing our existence on the sentimental plane.
As the figure in the chart shows, you are being offered a beautiful cup that is nothing more than possibilities, especially emotional ones, to satisfy you. Are you going to pass up the offer? Are you emotionally open to receive these gifts?
The Ace of Cups is a fundamental card when it comes to initiating new relationships, loves or partners. It is an optimal omen, full of happiness and well-being. Love is the main thing in this card, flowing like water in two directions: both you to receive and to give with your new and powerful gratitude and dedication.
It is the infatuation of first dates, which can sometimes last a lifetime. The feeling of fulfillment makes you ingratiate yourself with life, even if you have gone through difficult times or disappointments.
But not only the Ace of Cups refers to sensual love; this card speaks of love in all its senses, so there is a deep connection now with other beings, you can forgive and ask for forgiveness, understand each other, dialogue.
It is an invaluable opportunity for peace in your life and with everything around you. This is a time of GIVING more than receiving, you give yourself with love and compassion, without any compunction, because you are finally full and confident, you are not uselessly comparing yourself or ashamed of being you, or of expressing and showing your inner self and your emotions.
The Ace of Cups can also indicate the possibility of conceiving a child, a birth or the development of a pregnancy, since everything that is a “birth” is signified by this card, therefore, see if there are other cards in the reading that accompany this announcement made by the Ace of Cups to know if it is indeed about it.
Apart from this, the Ace of Cups always indicates a new beginning, in any area of your life, whether it is a new brilliant idea that sprouts, a decision that changes the outlook, the beginning of a job, career or studies, always surrounded by creative, spiritual and exhilarating emotions.
What does the Card of The 1 or Ace of Cups mean in love?
Again, this is an excellent omen regarding love; whether it is an existing relationship that is going to take a substantial turn for the better, it could be a deeper level of understanding, or commitment, or almost any important aspect of a relationship.
It will feel like a new and hopeful beginning. If you’re single, a new relationship is likely to appear soon, very intense, perhaps more emotional and sentimental than sexually linked, but it all goes hand in hand and one thing begets the other, right?
Certainly that The Ace of Cups is an excellent forecast for anyone who is waiting for the arrival of love.
What does the Ace of Cups card mean at work?
The Ace of Cups is very positive as it announces promotions, promotions or directly new opportunities, a new job. If you are unemployed, the card indicates that opportunities will appear and that even if they are delayed, you should keep trying because they are there for you.
Sometimes it signals a new direction within the same job, for example, you were dedicated to the sales department and now you start a new path in the quality control section.
This change is always good. Combined with other particular cards, the Ace of Cups can signal a work journey, a new horizon and destination.
What does the Card of The 1 or Ace of Cups mean in money and finances?
This Ace bodes well for the possibility of money coming in, in the context of “something new”. It could mean that you find a new job if you are looking for one, or some extra work in the one you already have, with consequent financial benefits.
It could also indicate salary increases, and even winning some money on the off chance or even finding money. No doubt this is all good news regarding finances The Ace of Cups.
What does the Ace of Cups card mean for health?
Along the same lines, it is a positive card that heralds good general health. If you are undergoing treatment or have an ailment or illness, the card signals substantial improvements, with new energy, strengthened, on the way to healing or at least overcoming critical or acute conditions.
What does the 1 or Ace of Cups mean spiritually?
The Ace of Cups shows a new need you have now for you to “give back” some of the love you have been given in life or are experiencing.
This is also a connection to the divine on a spiritual level, meditate on the idea that you are a beloved child of the universe, and feel the support coming to you “from the other side” as it is always there, all you have to do is look to it.
What does the upside down or reversed Ace of Cups card mean?
The Ace of Cups in inverted position. All the energy that was flowing like a river with this card upright now begins to slowly stagnate when The Ace of Cups is reversed. You feel stuck, mainly on an emotional level.
The blockages immobilize you, not allowing you to feel or at least not allowing you to show or express your inner flow. You must ask yourself what are these things that block you in order to move forward.
The positive part of the Ace of Cups is that it comes out to lead us to two purposes: on the one hand, if you have been severely repressing your feelings and emotions, which you do only in order to protect yourself and not to be harmed, it is time to begin to express slowly what you feel, everything that vibrates inside you, to make your sensitive side known.
On the other hand, the Ace of Cups acts as a double brake: If you have expressed yourself but your ways have been chaotic, perhaps violent, hurting others “attacking before they attack you”, the card asks you for restraint, to calm down. Think about what you feel before speaking.
The Ace of Cups also serves as a brake for when your emotions are overwhelmed by situations of pain and anguish, whether it is a breakup or a strong emotional situation.
The pain and emotions in these cases will be very difficult to stop, and it’s okay to cry, but the Ace of Cups comes to tell you that you will heal from this pain, that it is a process and that you will come out of it stronger. You cannot let negative emotions get the best of you, you must balance them in order to move forward.
It is very likely that this card indicates that you are on an emotional merry-go-round all the time, you go up and down all the time and you don’t know why. You must delve deeper into the search for the causes in order to understand and move forward.
What does the card of the Ace of Cups reversed in love mean?
The Ace of Cups tells us that you have adopted a defensive attitude. The most important thing for you now is to take care of yourself, not to be hurt, not to be harmed or annihilate the little energy you have left. However, this emotional shelter often complicates things, sows distancing, silences, which can lead to misinterpretations.
You should try to open your emotional fence and confide to the other what is happening to you. If he/she can understand, everything will improve, and if he/she does not, maybe he/she is not the best person for you. It’s as simple as that.
Think about what you really want and need in life. It is not a sharp card, but it often indicates that the other person is not the right one, the better half, or at least the one who is open and willing to understand and help us.
In the most extreme case, the Ace of Cups can show that you know what you should do to improve the relationship, but nevertheless you do not do it, you just wait, indifferent, as if you no longer cared.
So the lesson is this: if it matters to you, do something, and if it doesn’t matter anymore, then make up your mind, take a course, define yourself, for your sake and for the sake of the other person.
What does the card of The 1 or Ace of Cups reversed at work mean?
Work should be going well, although now the situation of stagnation is present. Sometimes, however, when you don’t know where to go, it is best to stay where you are, so this stagnant situation is not so negative in itself.
The Ace of Cups may indicate delays in expected promotions or promotions, a trip that is postponed or a new project that must wait for the time being. It still means new beginnings as with the right card, only now everything is a bit immobilized, with delays.
The work becomes more routine and less emotional, there is less creativity, as if the month passes without surprises waiting to collect your salary at the window, without passion or great expectations.
What does the Ace of Cups card invested in money and finances mean?
The Ace of Cups asks us to analyze something as particular as money, from an emotional point of view, because the cups are emotions.
Money does not represent a serious problem with this reversed card, however, there is a dissatisfaction, a displeasure in what refers to it. Perhaps unthinkable expenses, a raise that did not come, a profitable business that has stagnated.
Although with this card you have more important things to think about and resolve than money and material things, when you focus on it, you are not at ease.
Perhaps it is that you spend money not as YOU want but as OTHERS want and need, and you, in order not to hurt their feelings, let it go.
Maybe the job or activity that brings you the money for your family has you saturated, but when you think that it is your only livelihood, you endure and continue, and this in the long run is damaging you little by little. Consider if you can change your course, try to improve your emotions regarding your material situation, give yourself a pleasure, however small it may be.
What does the card of The 1 or Ace of Cups reversed mean in health?
In health, you should especially check your emotional blockages. Everything that is inside you then manifests in physical form: those headaches or backaches, that bad digestion, that tiredness in your arms as soon as you get up even if you have slept 8 hours.
It is purely emotional. So try to let go and release what you’re feeling, slowly, talking about it, keeping it from coming together like a pressure cooker that will hurt half the world when it finally bursts.
If you are undergoing treatments of some kind, keep going, keep insisting. Good results may take a little longer than expected, but the Ace of Cups is not a negative card, so good health times will come.
What does the Ace of Cups 1 or Ace of Cups reversed mean spiritually?
The reversed Ace of Cups shows a need for you to be more proactive about loving yourself. If you don’t love and care about yourself, how can you expect other beings to?
Be kind to yourself, don’t punish yourself harshly and unnecessarily, give yourself time, learn to flow, to let go, to untie the knot of what is happening to you with patience.
It is a good time to reflect and meditate, perhaps the best and perhaps the only way to get out of the lethargy in which you are now.
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