About the Card
English Name(s)
The Ace of Cups
Correspondences
- Grand Etteilla: Card Number 49
- Petit Etteilla: Ace of Hearts
Image Description
A massive cup with a hexagonal rim, filled with water. The cup is pink with a gold vine design, while the stem features different patterns: waves, diamonds, and a sequence of lunar phases in an arc. The cup is flanked by two birds with pointy beaks and a diamond pattern on their breasts. Above the cup floats a crown. The crown is gold, pink, and blue with moons and suns on its points, and a letter A in the central sun. A leafy stem with a red berry dangles from either side of the crown.
Meanings
Upright
Table, meal, treat to a meal, food, nutrients, nutrition, feast, gala, invitation, guests, host, hotel, hospitality, inn, tavern, abundance, tablets, portfolio, desk, altar, catalogue, data,
Reversed
Change, mutation, permutation, transmutation, alternation, vicissitude, inconstancy, frivolity, variety, variation, exchange, swap, purchase, sale, market, trade, convention, metamorphosis, diversity, versatility, reversal, revolution, reversion, translation, interpretation, reading.