Your Chosen Card – Four of Chalices Upright Salem Deck
When upright, the Four of Cups suggests that you are going through a period of discontent, apathy, stagnation, and dissatisfaction. The pleasures of life just dont seem to perk you up. You may feel unfulfilled, as if something essential were missing from your life. Perhaps you are suffering from depression or wallowing in self-pity. You feel stuck in a rut as you focus on the glass being half empty. You need to confront your imaginary vexations and find a way to motivate yourself to move forward. Are you focusing on the cloud rather than its silver lining? Take advantage of the gifts and opportunities that surround you. This cards association with the Moon suggests that you may need to wait until the proper moment in the cyclic to achieve your goal. The phases of the Moon are a reminder that ‘to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’ (Eccleisates 3, KJV).
Keywords Upright: Ennui, reflection, blended pleasure, anticipation, presage, premonition, novelty, new instruction, fresh possibilities, new goals, the need to wait for a desired outcome to manifest.
Timing: 20 Cancer30 Cancer. Tropical, 12 July21 July. Sidereal, 6 August17 August.
Astrology: The emotional and inconstant Moon (dignified) in the third decan of watery Cancer, realm of the Waite Knight/Thoth Prince of Wands (Air of Earth) and the Chariot (Cancer). The Moon is linked to the High Priestess.
Number Symbolism: 4 – structure, stability, order, logic, foundation, manifestation.
Crowley/Thoth: Luxury, blended pleasure, new goals, the kindness of others, new relationships, awakening after contemplation.
When Four of Chalices is upright you can pretty much take it that life is going well but that’s when life takes us by surprise. If Four of Chalices is unclear it may help to choose a card from the Major Arcana to provide more insight into what it is Four of Chalices is trying to tell you. If you had a particular issue in mind, or want to seek clarification on something else, you can also choose again to get more guidance.
This chosen card is part of your upright card reading for Four of Chalices using cards from the Salem Tarot Deck. You will find many more tarot pages that will be of great help if you need tarot card meanings. Use the search at the bottom of the page. We have some amazing tarot books for you to browse. Please see below.
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Complete Book of Tarot: When upright, the Four of Cups suggests that you are going through a period of discontent, apathy, stagnation, and dissatisfaction. The pleasures of life just dont seem to perk you up. You may feel unfulfilled, as if something essential were missing from your life. Perhaps you are suffering from depression or wallowing in self-pity. You feel stuck in a rut as you focus on the glass being half empty. You need to confront your imaginary vexations and find a way to motivate yourself to move forward. Are you focusing on the cloud rather than its silver lining? Take advantage of the gifts and opportunities that surround you. This cards association with the Moon suggests that you may need to wait until the proper moment in the cyclic to achieve your goal. The phases of the Moon are a reminder that ‘to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven’ (Eccleisates 3, KJV).
Complete Book of Tarot: A friend suggested I compile my tarot notes in book form, which resulted in Tarot Plain and Simple (1996). My continued interest in the shared symbolism of astrology and tarot eventually led to a second book, Tarot Beyond the Basics (2014). Because of the popularity of the first two books, Llewellyn asked me to write this one, my third about the tarot. The reader will notice the influence of Freud and Jung as well as my background in psychiatry and psychology in the way I approach the cards.
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Complete Book of Tarot: The incantation myth: you must say a special prayer or perform an incantation before reading with the cards.