Two of Cups
union • attraction • combination • affection
Statistics
arcaneMinor
suitCups
number2
numerology2 (The Other: duality, division, debate)
astrologyVenus in Cancer
Meanings
Light
- Being drawn to someone
- Longing for someone or something
- Acting on your desires
- Discovering a feeling is mutual
- Doing what makes you feel good
- Merging
- Healing broken ties
- Admitting two people feel differently about each other and moving on
Shadow
- Burning bridges
- Becoming caught up in unhealthy codependency
- Shutting out anyone but your chosen few
- Obsessing on someone who does not return your affections
- Despairing over finding "The One"
- Deceiving yourself about your true orientation
Description
A youth and maiden are pledging one another, and above their cups rises the Caduceus of Hermes, between the great wings of which there appears a lion's head. It is a variant of a sign which is found in a few old examples of this card. Some curious emblematical meanings are attached to it, but they do not concern us in this place.