I – Ace of Cups♥
Tree of Life Path:
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World
Beri'ah (World of Creation)
Keywords
New Feelings, Intuition, Love, Compassion
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Tarot de Marseille
Ace of Cups pours forth the pure waters of love and intuition, awakening the heart to new feelings and spiritual connection. In the Qabbalistic tradition, this card represents the root of the powers of Water, the primal emotional force descending from Kether into the World of Briah—the realm of creation and the divine heart.
The Ace of Cups is the wellspring of compassion, the overflowing vessel of emotion, and the promise of healing and joy. It represents the gift of grace, the unexpected blessing that fills the soul to overflowing. When this card appears, it heralds a new beginning in the realm of feeling—the awakening of love, the stirring of intuition, or the opening of spiritual perception.
This is the Holy Grail of the Tarot, the cup that receives divine blessing and transmits it to the world. The lotus rising from its waters symbolizes the flowering of spiritual consciousness from the depths of the unconscious. The Ace of Cups invites you to open your heart, embrace vulnerability, and allow grace to flow into your life. It teaches that love is the fundamental creative force of the universe, and that to receive it fully, one must be willing to be transformed by it.

Upright
New love, spiritual awakening, emotional beginnings, intuition, compassion, divine blessing, creative inspiration.

Reversed
Emotional block, missed opportunities, repression, creative stagnation, closed heart, spiritual drought.