Nine of Cups

Nine of Cups is one of the 56 minor arcana of the tarot, in the suit of Cups; in the Golden Dawn tradition it corresponds to Jupiter in Pisces.

The Nine of Cups sits contented before nine chalices. It is the 'wish card': a moment of satisfaction and pleasure in what you have.

Symbols on the card

Nine chalices on display

Wishes fulfilled and enjoyed.

The contented host

Pleasure in one's own life.

Crossed arms

Satisfaction, and perhaps a little pride.

Number and suit

Nines are the suit at its fullest, close to completion, often met alone. Cups are water: feelings, relationships, intuition and imagination.

Upright meaning

Enjoy what you have achieved. Gratitude makes it last.

Love　Happiness and emotional fulfilment.

Work　Satisfaction with results, recognition.

Inner life　Let yourself feel that it is enough.

Reversed meaning

Something still feels missing, or satisfaction has turned into smugness. Look deeper than appearances.

Love　Wanting more than the relationship can give.

Work　Success that does not feel fulfilling.

Inner life　Ask what would make you truly content.

In a three-card spread

Situation

Contentment and fulfilled wishes.

Challenge

Surface satisfaction hiding a need.

Advice

Enjoy and be grateful, and keep it honest.

Tarot and astrology

In the Golden Dawn system this card is the decan of Jupiter in Pisces: the themes of Pisces, expressed the way Jupiter acts. Pisces →Jupiter →

Questions to sit with

• What wish has already come true for me?
• What am I grateful for today?

Through the suit

Tarot here is a mirror for reflection, not a prediction. The meanings follow the Waite-Smith tradition and the Golden Dawn attributions, in our own words.