Four of Cups

Known also as The Lord of Blended Pleasure, the Four of Cups is aligned with Moon in Cancer and represents a wealth of emotion, tenderness and love.

Moon is at home in Cancer, being its ruler, and so the emotional energies embodied in this card flow freely, if somewhat overwhelmingly so.

A time when your depth of feeling can surprise and enrich your life, you may also be subject to being carried away by your emotions now, or of becoming dependent on the love and devotion of one individual, to the detriment of yourself and others.

There is a tendency to be somewhat clingy and emotionally uncertain now, and by this very uncertainty you may drive away or even alienate people you wish to have a good relationship with.

There may be an underlying feeling of boredom and the love nature may become out of balance as you try to cling to what you have. Four is a foundational number, and the fluid Cups/Water Element may stagnate in the stable and solid Four. What is needed, is a new creative approach and a flushing out of negative emotional states to allow the freshness of new and positive emotions to flow.

The opportunity with this card is to learn from past emotional mistakes and so avoid repetition and further heartache. If you recognise your emotional patterns from the past and use some foresight when you realise you are perhaps heading down that same old road, then you can save yourself some time and pain by making a different choice in each new instant.

This card advises you to enjoy the love that is in your life right now, and not to become dependent on it.