Ten of Cups Tarot Card in its core usually represents family time, joy, and happiness, the ultimate dream come true, the happy ending. This card is associated with the Water element, representing the Zodiac signs of Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces, and its season is Summer.
Ten of Cups, being the tenth card of the Cups Suit, carries all the qualities of number 10, which is a psychic reading would be translated to karma, end of cycles, the end of the journey, lesson learned, taking responsibility, consequences, transformation, rewards, completeness.
Ten of Cups Meaning
When drawing tarot cards, usually they are put in a vertical setting, spread on a timeline of the past, present, and future. In this kind of drawing, the Ten of Cups may come up straight, as well as reversed. Some psychic readers do like to read reversed tarot cards. Some don’t. Either way, the other tarot cards in the drawing will make up for the way the psychic readers conduct their readings because a Tarot Card deck is connected to the energy of the psychic reader, so it ‘talks’ to them.
Upright Position
Merging the qualities of number “Ten” and the qualities of the “Cups Suit,” the Ten of Cups card would represent:
| Joyful events | Feelings of happiness |
| Counting your blessings | Being at peace, or calling a truce |
| Feeling delightful, serenity | Enjoying family time |
| Celebration in the family, children or marriage | Quality time with the family |
| Soulmates, destiny |
Reverse Position
In a reverse position, the Ten of Cups would mean precisely the opposite of its core qualities, bringing in the drawing:
| Dysfunctional family or relationship | Unhappy times |
| Lack of partnership or teamwork | Refusing to commit or have children |
| Losing your home, foster families | Conflict in your relationship |
| Family secrets that erupt the peace | Separation, neglect, and abuse |
Horizontal Position
There are also spreads where the tarot cards pulled are placed on vertical as well as horizontal positions. If the Ten of Cups would sit in a horizontal position, it advises you to take some time off to enjoy quality time with your family.
You may be focusing too much on work or other projects outside your family that you do not make enough time to see them or have a conversation with them. If they are complaining about how they do not spend quality time with you, take it as a sign, you need to put off some work or take a vacation with just them. You have been blessed with a family that loves you and supports you, but they also need to feel your love and support. Also, if you are with someone you want to commit with, try to take things slower as they may be scared, especially if they feel the relationship has moved too fast.
Ten of Cups – One card pull [Yes or No]
One Card Readings are usually done when you need a fast, straight to the point answer, you wish not to see the future events or the past events, you just need a specific answer on the question, for a present situation that is bothering you. You shuffle the cards, then choose only One Card, or you read the One Card that falls out while you are shuffling. Whichever method you use to pull the card, listed below are some of the questions and answers you may get when you pull the Ten of Cups.
Yes or No Answer
Upright Position: If you pull the card in an upright position, it means Yes.
Reversed Position: If you pull the card in a reversed position, it means No.
For a Yes or No answer, the Ten of Cups represents Yes, as a card of the Cups Suit.
Ten of Cups – Love and Relationships
The Ten of Cups would signify that your relationship is healthy, fulfilling, you both are committing to it, and it may be everything you have ever wanted a relationship to be. You find yourself feeling grateful for your blessings, and like you have achieved your ‘happy ever after.’ It may also indicate that you have a big celebration ahead like marriage or children.
If you already have those, it may be about your kids, or it may mean a vacation you will take together as a family. At this moment, nothing is lacking in the relationship or your family life.
How someone sees you or feels about you?
The answer would be they see you as their dream come true. They may have not ever thought about creating a family before they met you, or that may have always been on their mind, but you have seen them take real steps with you like buying a house, nailing down a second job, and seriously committing to you.
They see you as their soulmate as the person they want to be with at all times, no matter what life throws at them. They already picture you in their future, and if you are already married and with kids, they still pray to spend their old years with you.
Just starting dating?
If you have started dating this new person, the Ten of Cups may indicate that they see you as someone they could commit to. Not only they see you like their type, but they see you as someone who shares the same values as them regarding family life, society values, how you percept the future, your work ethic, etc. This card can indicate that you have found your person, and if you decide to be in a relationship with them, this relationship can involve into a commitment.
What not to do?
In terms of what not to do, it would advise you to spend more time with your partner, especially if you feel like the relationship is slipping through your fingers. You may be living together, or have a family together, but you may be focusing too much on your kids, making no time to spend with your partner. It is not easy to nurture and care for everyone all the time, but you can always take some time to spend with your partner.
You should learn how to communicate better, set date nights, or take a vacation without your children. If you are dating, it may advise you to take the next step in the relationship.
Reverse Position (Love and Relationships)
If you pull the Ten of Cups, reversed, indicates that your relationship has fallen flat. You may be having conflicts with your partner that have caused both of you to hold resentments in your relationship. It can indicate that family life is not functioning as it should, and your home has become toxic. Depending on the state of your relationship, it can indicate a divorce, or if you have not married this person, it can indicate a breakup, even if you have not thought about it yet.
This card foretells they are not your personal, and you are not meant to have a family with them, and even if you do the chances that you won’t be happy and even regret your decision are high.
Ten of Cups – Finance, Business and Career
In business and career, the Ten of Cups indicates that you have achieved all you wanted in your job or career. You have built something for yourself and your family, and now you are enjoying the benefits and advantages you have worked for. You feel fulfilled and happy, your job satisfies your professional requirements and your income expectations, and at the same time, you can fulfill your family needs. You may find now is the moment to spend more quality time with your family. It could also be that you have reached your retirement age, content for all you have done.
What not to do?
The Ten of Cups would advise you to make more time for your family. You may be working a job that leaves you exhausted by the end of the day or requires you to travel a lot and be away from your family for a long time. If this is the case, make sure to set at least a night or a day per week to bond with your family, because in the end, that’s all there will be left.
Reverse Position (Business and Finance)
In this case, it could indicate that your professional needs are not being met at your current job, or your career does not fulfill you as you thought it would. Regarding finances, it may indicate that you have not reached the goals you have placed, and you are devastated about the lack of money to ensure your family’s needs are fulfilled.
You may be feeling like your job takes a lot of time from what you could spend with your family, but you can’t help not working because you need the money. It may also indicate conflicts at work that leave you to feel even more unfulfilled.
Ten of Cups – Timing
When will something happen answer?
If it is a question that involves around the timing of an event and you pull the Ten of Cups, this would mean that whatever you desire or wonder about will manifest slowly. Still, it will grow inflow, as a Water element indicates steady but assertive flowing movement.
How soon is that, it would be kind of complicated because it could mean Summertime, or that of a Zodiac Sign Season Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.
It would also be counted in months, or around the 10h, 19h, 28h of a month. The way you want to interpret this is keeping in mind that whatever you are asking about is coming, slowly growing over time and becoming a steady flow of blessings. With the Cups Suit, the best way to go around figuring out the time would always be to think at least one later, and it would go something like this: If it is already Spring, your best bet would be around Scorpio season.
Ten of Cups – The Message Answer
Sometimes, we don’t have a specific question. We just want to know how our day will look like, or how we should approach the day ahead. This reading is usually done in the morning, so you form an idea of what that day will bring you.
Upright
The Ten of Cups would foretell a day when you will feel content with what you have, and the connections you have formed. You will feel supported and blessed in your daily routine or your endeavors.
Reversed
If you pull the Nine of Cups in reverse, it indicates a day when you may experience some sudden losses, or feel lost. You may lose a support system or a connection that you valued. You may also feel like you don’t have anything worth it.
Ten of Cups – Cards Combinations
In a psychic reading, there are at least six cards drawn, and each tarot card’s meaning is interpreted along with the other cards, always bearing in mind the first question upon which the reading is conducted and aims to give answers to. A psychic will see the tarot cards in a symbiotic relationship with one another, never try to read them one by one, but the whole drawing as a whole.
That’s why it is essential to have a look at how the Ten of Cups communicates with the other Tarot Cards. Taking into account, there are 78 Tarot Cards in a deck. We will have a look at how the Ten of Cups would be interpreted and affect the outcome of the reading in the light of Suits.
Interaction with the Cup Suits
The Cup Suits represent emotions, feelings, relationships, and contract-ships. This is a Suit associated with the Water element. If we were to draw the Ten of Cups along with the Cup Suits, this is a beautiful spread that indicates a celebration like marriage or children, or it can also indicate reaching that point in your life where you can enjoy and nurture your family. You are finally at peace and have found happiness in the blessings that you have. You feel like everything has fallen into place.
Interaction with the Pentacles Suits
The Ten of Cups, along with another card of the Pentacles Suit, would foretell job and business satisfaction. This spread indicates that you are on top of your finances, you are respected and recognized in your career field, and you may be getting a promotion or bonus in your job. You are proud of yourself because you have met the society demands as well, like providing for your family, raising educated children and creating a safe and healthy environment for your family, through your work and education.
Interaction with the Swords Suits
The Swords Suit, along with the Ten of Cups, is also an interesting drawing. The Swords Suit gets its share of being a negative suit. This spread would indicate that whatever has worn you out in the past or has left you to feel dissatisfied or broken has no power over you anymore because you have found your way out of those situations, or you have figured out how to solve those issues. Brighter days are ahead for you, and you will experience peaceful times.
Interaction with the Wands Suits
The Ten of Cups and the Wands Suit is a combination that foretells action met with blessings. The road you are choosing will lead to happiness and to where you are meant to be. You will find that your happiness is on your hands, and you will be proud of yourself and your creation because it will all come as the result of your hard work, education, knowledge, information, and wit.
Overall, the Ten of Cups, either by itself or pulled in a tarot card draw, is a card of family time, joyful times, happiness, feeling fulfilled and content, enjoying your blessings, and reaching the happy ever after.
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