Six of Cups

What is on the card

In an old garden, a boy offers a younger girl a cup filled with white flowers. Six cups, each holding flowers, stand around them, and a figure walks away in the background past an old house.

The children are innocence and the past. The cup of flowers is a gift given simply, without expectation. The old house and garden suggest home and memory, and the figure walking away hints that the past is behind us, even as we visit it.

Six of Cups, upright

Upright, the Six of Cups describes nostalgia, memories and kindness: a reunion, a visit home, an old friend returning or a simple act of generosity.

It invites you to draw comfort from the past while living in the present. Some memories nourish; others only hold you back.

Six of Cups, reversed

Reversed, the Six of Cups can show a move forward: leaving the past behind, outgrowing old patterns and looking toward what comes next.

It may also describe being stuck in the past, or idealising how things were. The reversed card asks whether memory is comforting you or keeping you from the present.

Six of Cups in love

In love, the Six of Cups can describe someone returning from the past, an early love, or a relationship with an easy, gentle feeling.

Six of Cups in career

At work, the Six of Cups can describe returning to an old interest, working with familiar people, or roles involving children or care.

Six of Cups in money

With money, the Six of Cups can describe gifts, family support or generosity, and lessons from how money was handled in the past.

Is the Six of Cups a yes or no card?

Usually “yes”.

As a yes or no card, the Six of Cups usually leans toward yes, especially where the past or family is involved. It suggests kindness and familiar ground.