Cups · 7

Seven of Cups

Too many options, most of them imagined. Seven cups in the clouds, each holding something desirable — the paralysis specific to abundance, where choosing means grieving the others.

Element: Water
Arcana: Minor

opportunities
wishful thinking
choices
illusion
searching for purpose
daydreaming

The harder edge

Some of these are not real options. Working out which is the actual task.

Seven of Cups by position

The same card says something different depending on where it lands in a spread.

As the foundationwhere this came from: You had many options here. The one you took foreclosed the rest, which is what choosing is.
As the currentwhat is live now: You are choosing between possibilities, several of which are fantasies. Sort them.
As what is formingthe near horizon: Options multiply. Welcome, and it will require discrimination.
As a single cardwhat to carry this week: Eliminate three options this week. Do not add any.

The question this card asks

Which of these would survive contact with a Tuesday?

Draw it for yourself

A card only means something against a real question. Bring one.

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