SEVEN OF CUPS

• WISHFUL THINKING
• OPTIONS
• DISSIPATION

• Actions
• Opposing Cards
• Reinforcing Cards
• Description

ACTIONS

• WISHFUL THINKING
• creating fantasies
• dreaming
• getting caught up in illusions
• letting your imagination run wild
• kidding yourself about the facts
• building castles in the air
• waiting for your ship to come in
• lacking focus and commitment
• avoiding putting ideas to the test

• OPTIONS
• being offered many alternatives
• facing an array of choices
• believing in limitless possibilities
• looking at a wide open field
• getting to pick and choose

• DISSIPATION
• overindulging
• letting everything go
• becoming disorganized
• eating/drinking/partying to excess
• neglecting your health
• entering into addictive patterns
• being inclined toward indolence
• being lazy
• procrastinating

OPPOSING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Magician - focus and commitment
• Emperor - discipline, structure
• Temperance - balance, moderation
• Four of Pentacles - order, control
• Eight of Pentacles - working hard, applying yourself
• Nine of Pentacles - discipline, restraint, refinement

REINFORCING CARDS: Some Possibilities

• Devil - overindulgence, dissipation
• Moon - illusions, unrealistic ideas, fantasy
• Nine of Cups - sensual excess

DESCRIPTION

Letting everything go is what the Seven of Cups is all about.

It is easy to worship the gods of efficiency and neatness. We like trim lawns, alphabetized filing systems and time management - the world of the Emperor. We admire order in all its forms and want everything to be just right. The Seven of Cups provides the balance. This card stands for all that is sloppy, impractical and lax.

When the Seven of Cups appears in a reading, it is important to look carefully at how disordered your situation is. Perhaps you need to let things fall apart a little. When a rigid system breaks up, there can be a tremendous release of creativity. The man on the Seven of Cups is amazed by all the options he has.

On the other hand, if you are in a chaotic situation, some tightening may be necessary. No one is happy and productive in a crazy environment. Regularity gives structure to life. Taken to an extreme, the looseness of the Seven of Cups can lead to harmful patterns of decadence, addiction and self-indulgence.

Sometimes the laziness applies to your thoughts and dreams. It is easy to wish for something, but not so easy to make that wish come true. When you see this card, make sure that you are backing up your plans with work and effort.

• 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;