Page of Cups Tarot Card Meanings
Page of Cups’ Upright & Reversed Meanings
Ideas: Commitment, emotional baggage, friend zone
Traits: Hesitant, honest, indecisive, independent, mature, quiet, shy, skeptical
Emotions: Apprehension, disappointment, insecurity, nervousness, rejection, uneasiness
- Actions:
- Committing yourself to someone
- Dealing with emotional baggage
- Developing your emotional maturity
- Friend-zoning someone
- Getting over a crush
- Keeping how you feel about someone under wraps
Ideas: First impression, new relationship, new religion, romanticism
Traits: Casual, charming, emotional, friendly, naive, playful, romantic
Emotions: Eagerness, enjoyment, hope, infatuation, pleasure, tenderness
- Actions:
- Converting to a new religion
- Indulging in romantic fantasy
- Nursing a secret crush
- Recalling your first love
- Showing your emotions without restriction
- Starting a new relationship
- Throwing yourself into romance
- Trying to become familiar with new people
Ideas: Fake love, giddiness, limerence
Traits: Aggressive, childish, fickle, flamboyant, gullible, hurried, non-committal, shallow
Emotions: Annoyance, desire, envy, jealousy, frustration, irritation, panic, pride
- Actions:
- Having an unhealthy obsession with someone
- Indulging in overly sweet sentimentality
- Mistaking a crush for true love
- Pretending to have more romantic or spiritual experience than you possess
- Reading romantic intention into innocent action
- Trying to impress others frantically
Page of Cups’ Advice
Personal Growth
A gung-ho spirit goes a long way; be sure to pair it with due diligence. Pair your enthusiasm with practical preparation, and you’ll find yourself maturing at a surprising rate.
Relationship
Fools rush in. Don’t mistake the heady rush of infatuation for the enduring stability of true love. Why rush? You’ve got plenty of time to decide what works (and doesn’t work) for you. Before making commitments, learn the ropes.
Career
Be indulgent of beginners and channel their enthusiasm into useful projects. Be wary of those who overstate their skills. Keep your own skills sharp by pursuing every opportunity to be a student. Generate change by embodying enthusiasm.
Spirituality
Embrace a new faith. In addition to pursuing what feels right, plumb the depths. Invest time pursuing the roots of your spiritual practice. Become well-grounded in what you believe, so you’ll be well-prepared to explain your practice to others.
Page of Cups’ Symbols & Insights
Awkwardness and Silliness
Most Rider–Waite–Smith-inspired cards will feature a young man in impractical attire—clothing suggesting a lack of connection with sober reality. The Page of Cups wants to play the part of the confident lover or spiritual leader, but lacks the experience required for such a role.
Something Fishy
In many decks, a playful fish peeks out of the Page’s Cup. How might you recapture your own sense of wonder at the surprises served up by daily life?
Making an Impression
Whatever you set out to do, some will be delighted and some will doubt you. Since you can’t please everyone, why not abandon extreme strategies and just be yourself?
The Marseilles Image
The Page of Cups walks stiffly, as though taking great care not to spill a single drop of his Cup’s contents. His eyes are fixed on the Cup, the whole Cup, and nothing but the Cup. How might narrow focus be setting you up for a fall?
More About Page of Cups Tarot Card
- Prediction
- This card represents a young man or woman with a watery, dreamy demeanor, likely born a Libra, Scorpio, or Sagittarius, who wants to start a new relationship with you.
- Timing
- Between September 23 and December 21
- Affirmation
- “I am ready to embrace love and spirit.”
- Astrology Element
- Earth of Water
- Personality
- The Page of Wands can represent anyone who wants to or needs to learn (Page) more about love or spirituality (Cups). Though eager to make a good impression, The Page may lack the experience or information needed to handle new love or new faith with grace and confidence. He or she may overcompensate for this with over-the-top gestures and fanatical zeal.
- Storyline
- The main character has a “fish out of water” experience, leaving him or her feeling uncertain and awkward.
- Questions to Ask
- How worried are you that others will see you as foolish or inexperienced?
- To what extent can you be honest about your lack of experience in love and faith?
- How can you maintain enthusiasm over time?
- Related Pages
- Tarot Card Meanings Guide
- Exploring Today’s Tarot
- Consulting the Tarot
- Traditional Tarot Card Meanings
- Thirteen Fun Things to Do with Tarot Cards
- Where to Go to Learn More
