Six of Cups
nostalgia, childhood, tenderness
A boy offers a girl a cup full of flowers in a quiet courtyard. Childhood, happy memories and kindness with no strings attached. It can mean someone from your past is coming back, or that you're returning to familiar places.
The image and its symbolism
In the courtyard of an old village, a boy offers a smaller girl a cup filled with white flowers. Other cups with flowers stand around them, and in the background a guard walks away. The houses and the sheltered setting bring back childhood and home. The flowers in the cups are simple kindness, a gift given without expecting anything in return.
What Six of Cups means
Upright, the Six of Cups brings sweet memories. The song that takes you back to one particular summer, a call from a school friend, a visit to your grandparents' hometown. Tenderness and small gestures that brighten your day.
It can also mean someone or something from the past is coming back. Look back with affection and rescue what used to make you happy. Just let the memory give you a push forward instead of becoming a hiding place from the present.
Six of Cups in love
Tenderness, a childhood sweetheart who reappears, or a relationship full of easy closeness. Look back fondly, without getting stuck there.
If you're in a relationship
Get back the closeness you had at the start with simple, sweet gestures. Going back to a place that's special to you both could do you a lot of good.
If you're single
Someone from your past may reappear, a teenage crush or an old friend. Enjoy the reunion without idealizing it.
If you're thinking about an ex
There's nostalgia, and they may show up again. Do you miss the person, or the time in your life?
At work
Going back to something you've done before, an old contact, or work with children. What's familiar can give you a hand.
Returning to something you already know. A former job, a contact from years ago or skills you'd forgotten you had. It also favors work with children or in teaching.
Money
A gift, help from family, or something that comes back to you may be on its way.
Health and well-being
Bring back what made you feel good as a kid. Playing, laughing, moving with no pressure. A little nostalgia heals too.
As feelings, as a person and as the future
As feelings
They feel tenderness and affection for you, sometimes with nostalgia for what you shared. You make them feel calm and safe.
As a person
Someone sweet, down to earth and a little nostalgic, who values small gestures and loyalty.
As the future
A reunion, a visit or something dear coming back. It arrives with a feeling of home.
Six of Cups reversed
Being stuck in the past, or idealizing something that isn't coming back.
When the Six of Cups shows up reversed, it is being stuck in the past. Idealizing a relationship that ended, comparing everything with how it used to be, or refusing to grow up about something. In love, be careful about getting back with someone out of nostalgia alone. At work, about clinging to old ways that no longer work. It can also mean the exact opposite: you're finally leaving the past behind.
As a yes or no answer
Yes
Yes, with a touch of the past. The Six of Cups brings sweet memories and simple gestures, and the answer comes with affection.
Do the readingText someone who made you happy when you were little.
Six of Cups FAQ
Does the Six of Cups mean my ex is coming back?
It's one of the cards most associated with someone from the past returning. Still, ask yourself whether you miss the person or the time you spent together.
What does the Six of Cups mean in love?
Tenderness, closeness and simple, sweet love. It can also point to reconnecting with someone you already knew.
Is the Six of Cups a positive card?
Yes, it's a gentle card that brings affection and happy memories. Its only warning is not to live in the past.