SIX OF CUPS

• GOOD WILL
• INNOCENCE
• CHILDHOOD

• Actions
• Opposing Cards
• Reinforcing Cards
• Description

ACTIONS

• GOOD WILL
• acting kindly or charitably
• doing a good turn for another
• sharing what you have
• having a noble impulse
• receiving a gift
• feeling blessed
• being well-intentioned

• INNOCENCE
• feeling simple contentment
• surrounding yourself with goodness
• being blissfully unaware
• having a clear conscience
• shunning corruption
• being acquitted
• appreciating simple joys

• CHILDHOOD
• being with a child or young person
• feeling carefree
• being taken care of
• feeling nostalgic
• indulging in play
• enjoying youthful activities
• having a baby

OPPOSING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Devil - negativity, corruption, coveting
• Nine of Wands - lack of innocence, believing the worst
• Five of Swords - cynical, hostile, selfish
• Seven of Swords - deceiving, manipulating
• Nine of Swords - guilty

REINFORCING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Star - good will, sharing
• Ten of Cups - feeling blessed, happy, joyful

DESCRIPTION

It is a truism that there is violence, anger and mean-spiritedness in the world. Certainly there is enough of this, but there is also much good will and caring. A mother hands a drink to her child. A friend lends his car for the weekend. A worker fills in for a sick colleague. Small gestures, barely noticed, but so important. The Six of Cups is a card of simple goodness. It encourages you to be kind, generous and forgiving.

The Six of Cups also represents innocence - a word with many shades of meaning. You can be innocent in the strictly legal sense of lack of guilt. You can be innocent of the truth - unaware of some secret. You can be lacking in deceit or corruption - innocent of ulterior motive. These are all possibilities that can apply to the Six of Cups, depending on the situation.

Notice that the two figures on the Six of Cups appear to be children. Often this card represents a baby or young child. In a larger sense, it embraces all of childhood and the feelings we associate with youth - being carefree, playful, secure and loved. Children are our treasure, and the sweetness of the Six of Cups is a quality to be treasured as well.

• TAROT CARDS
• TAROT CARDS: CUPS
• Tarot cards, cups: ace of cups; Tarot cards, cups: two of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: three of cups; Tarot cards, cups: four of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: five of cups; Tarot cards, cups: six of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: seven of cups; Tarot cards, cups: eight of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: nine of cups; Tarot cards, cups: ten of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: page of cups; Tarot cards, cups: knight of cups;
• Tarot cards, cups: queen of cups; Tarot cards, cups: king of cups;