7 cups

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Feb 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

mingbop	15 Feb 2004
why would I ALWAYS be getting the 7 cups ???either upright or reversed, am so tired of it !!I'd like other minds on this please !

Aerten	15 Feb 2004
Hmmm, that happened to me back in December for a stretch. Showed I was concentrated too much on what I didn't have, rather than what I did.

ros	15 Feb 2004
Challenging your values. Too many choices. Questioning your values & beliefs. Beware of the value behind the illusion! Just some ideas.

Nevada	15 Feb 2004
Are you seeing things clearly? Be careful when making choices, especially about things that provoke your emotions. Make sure you have the whole story, and that you're following your best interests on a holistic level (body, mind, spirit). This can also indicate that you're being guided and you need to pay attention to that guidance. (I think of a guardian angel or spirit guide when I see this card, especially in the RWS or its look-alikes.) Do you have an important choice to make? Are you spending your time wisely? Are you choosing your friends or companions well? Numerologically speaking this can also be a card of exploration or imagination. In order to fulfill your dreams and goals you must first know what they are. If you think you know what they are it may be time to take a second look and ask what if? What if you did, thought, felt or acted a different way? Discerning, choosing, dreaming, planning, exploring, experimenting, testing. These are all keywords for this card. Nevada

Thirteen	15 Feb 2004
I always ask this question when someone has a card that keeps popping up--especially when it's something like the Hanged Man or, in your case, 7/Cups: Have you been doing a lot of tarot readings for yourself. I mean, daily readings (not a daily card, but a full-on reading)? Do you keep asking the tarot the same question (generally speaking), over and over again...and again...and again? 7/Cups may well be popping up because you're searching for some magic answer in a magic cup (the tarot). You hope to look at a spread and see that you're going to win the lottery, meet the lover of your dreams, be famous, successful and the most popular person in your social circle. And the tarot answers: "Here's all the things you WANT to see in me," (7 cups), "That is what is going on in your life right now. You sitting here, doing readings, hoping I'll tell you these things." And you, dissatisfied, pull out the cards the next day and ask the same question. And get the same answer. The tarot sometimes has a rather sardonic sense of humor. Now, of course, I don't know if this is the case--but if it is, then the best recommendation I can offer is...leave the cards alone. Shuffle them very well, then them down, put them away. Do something else for a few weeks. When you return to them, shuffle them again really well--and pose a different question than you did before.

mingbop	16 Feb 2004
no, thirteen, its not that. although i know what you mean. I rarely read for myself, but this card pops up every single time i do a reading, no matter who it's for..in the quest desk its a violent purple colour and im sick of the sight of it!! I can take some of what nevada says, though. At present my life is a mess, I am a mess, things I planned and people I counted on all fell apart, my dad died, my husband ill, etc etc. I feel drawn to the guide theory nevada, and I thank you for that.

Thirteen	16 Feb 2004
Quote: Originally posted by mingbop At present my life is a mess, I am a mess, things I planned and people I counted on all fell apart, my dad died, my husband ill, etc etc. I'm sorry to hear that things are so bad. It sounds as if your energy, your sadness, confusion and frustration are seeping into your readings. It might be best to stay away from the tarot till things are feeling better and clearer. Here's hoping they get better soon.

Rusty Neon	16 Feb 2004
Or ... if you happen to have another tarot deck, try that.

mingbop	17 Feb 2004
its another head i need--anybody got a spare !!!? thank you all, i will survive,i dare say ...

mmajere	17 Feb 2004
why don't you ask your cards for the 7 of cups? take it out of deck and ask 7 questions for 7 cups about the cups that may come out from your mind at the moment. though i have this idea cause in the 2nd cup from the right near a salamenders/dragon is getting out; trying to say the one that has leaves of ceasar, there is a kind of reflection on it. with the eye and a nose of a skeleton - that could be the person who looks the cups and may mean. anyway, 7 is a special number for me. hope you get well.

Nevada	17 Feb 2004
{{{{mingbop}}}}, mmajere may have a good idea, to remove the 7 Cups and then ask questions about it. Or it may be best to give reading the cards a rest for now, as Thirteen suggests. In any case, if you feel you're a mess, don't despair. It's not you, it's the circumstance. No one can avoid things being a mess during a period of grief and loss, of losing your dad, and having an ill spouse at the same time. Give yourself a break. Just concentrate on what can't be avoided, for now, and spend the rest of your time being kind to yourself and allowing healing to begin. The 7 Cups may be telling you to allow yourself some dreaming, recuperative time, perhaps even a creative break time. You'll get through this. It will be hard, there's no avoiding that. But you will get through it. Blessings, Nevada

mingbop	20 Feb 2004
i cant give them a break, i would miss them and i'm missing enough just now ....but yes i will survive, and am on the way back as we speak !!thank you friends. xxx.

Centaur	20 Feb 2004
Hello Mingbop, I am sorry to hear that you have been having a tough time at the moment. My thoughts go out to you. I am thinking that perhaps the 7 of Cups may refer to the fact that there is a lot going on in your life at the moment. The circumstances you have gone through are very stressful, and I can imagine that you have been doing a lot of thinking on a very deep level. I think that the 7 of Cups may refer to this thinking process. From what you have told us, it sounds as though you have a great deal of issues to handle at the moment, and sometimes this can prove too much for us. Perhaps this card is telling you to recognise this, and to tackle each issue one at a time. I also agree with Nevada. I think you should ask your deck for a clarifying card as to the reason why the 7 of Cups keeps on showing up. I hope that you feel better soon! C

Theia	20 Feb 2004
I would think that if it keeps coming up your higher self is trying to get a message to you and you need to pay attention. Once acknowledged and acted on I would think that it would stop. Ask your self what the 7 of cups means to you look at the picture and see if there is anything in it that hits you as important. Maybe you have been acting unrealistically in your emotional situation and you need to take a reality check. Are you acknowledging how you feel? I would think about maybe even take some time and meditate on the card.

Diana	20 Feb 2004
I think the Tarot is trying to acknowledge your weariness... Trying to say "yes, you've had enough.... and now you need a rest." I know this is not the "traditional" (whatever that means) meaning of this card, but I don't use "traditional" meanings. It's like a friend who is saying "rest your weary heart." Is there any possibility for you to get away for just one weekend? Go somewhere and stay with a friend or a family member and just get AWAY from it all. If your husband needs you to look after him, is there anyone who could take over for a weekend? You need a rest. An emotional rest. A pause....

Dexter	21 Feb 2004
Mingbop So sorry to hear about your troubles my thoughts are with you. I agree with Diana. I think you also need a break, a time to yourself if at all possible. When I see this card I always groan inside "oh no too many things, too many decisions, basically everything just too much. To me it is a card of being overwhelmed. Again good thoughts to you Dexter

mingbop	21 Feb 2004
i have to say 2 things--the first is I been reading tarot for 40+ years, off and on, & never found this meaning for this card--probly because I never needed to..just goes to show you never stop learning !!! Second thing is how many good rock-solid fellow readers & friends I have on here !! (oh god an I SO HATE SOPPY WIMMEN !!)I feel drawn to the garden, been out all day altho its freezing--and hope to get away up north to the mountains at the weekend.thanks to everybody.

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