The Cups represent water and all things feelings and relationships. These are the cards of passion, (self)love, romance, and healthy relationships with self and others. When they appear, they are asking you to trust and nurture your feelings over anything else in a given situation. That said, it’s important not to get swept up in your emotions with the Cups. Instead, learn how to listen to them without getting overwhelmed by them.

If there were ever a suit in the tarot that had permanent heart eyes, it would be the Cups. Sure, not all feelings are warm and fuzzy. In fact, some can be downright heavy and stressful! But the Cups are always asking you to get in touch with your feelings and feel what you need to feel. This is what will allow you to fall back in love with life (ahem, and maybe start seeing the world through this suit’s heart eyes). These cards always come up when you need to put your heart before your head (The Swords). Sure, it’s easy to get carried away—as the King of Cups reminds us, it’s important to let your feelings wash over you without getting swept up in the waves. But gut instincts and emotions can tell us a lot about a situation or person. 

This suit, like romance novels, reminds us that feelings, relationships, healthy connection, are just as important to a magical life as a good job, security, and all the other concrete accomplishments we seek. Likewise, our relationship to ourselves—self-care, self-love—are an integral part of how we manifest things. Like that old witchy saying, “As within, so without,” The Cups invite us to honor our feelings and invest in healthy relationships. 

The Bruja’s Guide to Tarot is the divination sister to the scholarly The Bruja Professor, a witchy take on literature, the occult & pop culture, and Enchantment Learning & Living, an inspirational blog celebrating life’s simple pleasures, everyday mysticism, and delectable recipes that are guaranteed to stir the kitchen witch in you.

If you enjoyed what you just read and believe that true magic is in the everyday…and good conversations with the tarot, subscribe to my newsletter below for regular doses of enchantment. Want even more inspiration? Follow me on Instagram and Facebook. Here’s to a magical life!