THE SIX OF CUPS
“The Lord of Pleasure”
Sun in Scorpio
DESCRIPTION AND SYMBOLISM
Under a clear blue and cloudless early morning sky, a young man and his lady friend meet in a garden setting outside the entrance of a well built manor house. The young man holds a Cup in his hands from which sprouts a white five pointed flower and some greenery. He inhales the fragrance of the flower as he hands the Cup to his lady friend in a gesture of affection and friendship. Five other flowering cups adorn the card, four in the foreground and one sitting atop a stone pillar at the entrance to the manor house. A coat of arms in the shape of an “X” is chiseled into the stone pillar at the manor entrance and in the background a man is seen carrying a staff and striding down the walkway towards an interior courtyard. The earth below their feet and the manor walls appear to glow with a warm golden color that seems to reflect their happiness and pleasure and symbolizes the honest, sincere, happy and joyful emotional nature of their relationship.
ASTROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
When the Sun resides in Scorpio the self consciousness experiences the intense and passionately emotional waters which are characteristic of this Sign. Spirit and Soul unite, fertilizing each other and invoking the greatest of pleasures – the experience of sincere love between two individuals that is based on respect and honest feeling and ignores the superficial differences that only serve to keep us from attaining the true goal of our hearts.
ORACLES
When Appearing Upright in a Reading
Harmony, love, pleasure and happiness will enter your life. An opportunity to form a new friendship may occur or a present friendship may unexpectedly blossom into romance. Your wishes will be fulfilled.
When Appearing Reversed in a Reading
This relationship will not blossom into romance. Hoping against all hope that it will one day become committed love will only bring you bitterness and disappointment. An end of a marriage, a romance or a close personal relationship may be indicated. Your wishes will not be fulfilled.
THE TREE OF LIFE
“The Sphere of Beauty”
When the emotion of love is expressed purely from heart to heart it transcends the illusions of appearance, money and differences in social position and radiates outward from the Sphere of Beauty into every dimension of human life. The sublime joy and pleasure we feel in such authentic human relationships brings the true freedom that only the holiest of truths can provide.