Three of Cups

Known also as the Lord of Abundance, and aligned with Mercury in Cancer, the Three of Cups represents celebration, pleasure, entertainment and fun. Mercury is communication, movement and variety, while Cancer is family, tradition and a sense of continuity.

This card describes love of the highest order. It is the pleasure in the company of family, friends and new acquaintances, buoyed along by the traditions and satisfaction that the keeping of the rituals of society and the comfort derived from this bestows.

It is love and affection overflowing, and the culmination of the blossoming of love that was initiated in the Two of Cups. This is a deepening of that energy, and a movement towards commitment and furtherance of relationship and regard. It is the promise and yet not the fulfillment of happily ever after. The seeds of deep emotional satisfaction have been sown and now they are showing their heads above the soil with all the promise of the harvest to come.

You have love to spare and to share, and you feel the benevolence and positive regard to those closest to you. You understand that now you have in your life everything you need in this world to be happy and you share the energy of your happiness with others, and it is like a contagion of good feeling.

This card brings abundance and a feeling that all is well in your world and the Universe supports you.

Traditionally, it represents celebrations - engagement, marriage, declaration of vows, christening, anniversary - a reason to get together with your family, friends and greater tribe, and celebrate the bounty of life and love.

If the health has been poor, then this is an omen of a return to health and vitality, and the enjoyment of life in all its aspects.

It is time to give yourself up to whatever gives you joy in life.