Well, I guess the problem in lies with how someone perceives a soul mate. I personally believe that you can have multiples and not every single one of them will be a perfect match or someone that you'll live happily ever after with. A lot of times soul mates bring in lessons from a past life that you have to learn in this current one. And unfortunately, sometimes those lessons are really painful and brutal ones. I'm fairly certain I've come across a couple of people who were my soul mates but I wouldn't necessarily say that they're people that I'd want to end up with either. But what I can say about it is that I do feel as though those relationships have taught me incredibly important lessons about not only love but myself as well.
At any rate, I wouldn't ever actually associate the 2 of Cups as a soul mate card. I see it as more of a ... simpler kind of love or relationship. Not necessarily something that transcends time and space. I think that maybe given the context of the question, perhaps the 2 of Cups was just telling you that the two of you are in fact
not soul mates, but rather two people who have created a connection in this current life. If you're looking for a soul mate the first card I
would associate with it is the Lovers since they're typically scenes are two halves to a whole where as the 2 of cups to me is more like people enjoying or sharing company with one another. In fact, a lot of times, the 2 of cups comes up in readings that aren't associated with love but rather friendships for me in readings.
The times that I had done readings about the people that I thought were soul mates, I'd typically get the Lovers to reflect our relationship which is where I got this idea from. The 2 of cups would come up to discuss our relationship in general or some kind of union/reunion that was bound to happen, not necessarily the union in itself though.
gdtyreal said:
If we go the other way thou to have some intersting discussion, I can see you reading the tarot in 2 ways. The first you dont look very much at the cards when you flip them, just the name on it and recall what its meaning is, otherwise you would notice some decks depicts the Lovers card not so happy as the eternal love, so it would make it impossible for you to accept that the card means that always. The other way you actually look at the cards, but the deck you use makes it look happy and shiny, or you have imposed yourself that the lovers means love no matter what, making the tarot immutable
I do honestly feel like part of this problem is that a lot of people do falsely connect the words "love" and "soul mate" with "happy" and "perfect" and "ever lasting" but the honest truth is that it isn't always these things, let alone all of these things at once. Part of what comes with the Lovers card is the fact that you are likely to encounter trials and tribulations that test the kind of bond that you have with this person, where as with the 2 of Cups you have something that is seemingly more superficial and therefor is something that's less likely to be as turbulent as something that's shown with the Lovers. Regardless of whether or not the lovers on the deck are happy doesn't necessarily diminish the fact that love can in fact be there. Eternal love isn't something that's going to be easy. In fact I would imagine it would be significantly harder than love that doesn't last that hard because you have to work significantly harder to keep the relationship committed and consistent (or more exciting depending on the couple) so that it
can last. The truth is, people aren't always going to be happy with each other. And given the context of the question or the cards surrounding it, it's possible that this Lovers card that
is negative may be nothing more than a reminder to these people that love isn't easy. If you're going to go for the gold you're going to have to work for it, regardless of how bitter or unhappy you may feel.
