Two children are playing in a garden outside an expansive manor house. Both are dressed in medieval headdresses that are soft and knitted. The child with the red hat and tights gives the smaller child a cup full of flowers. The clothing from the past suggests reoccurring memories from the past such as childhood memories and even past lives.

There is an X carved into the stone entrance to the manor which makes me think of “X-marks the spot”. The Six of Cups is all about that right moment that makes you feel good. It’s the treasure and the feeling you get when you find it.

Down the manor driveway is a person walking. He looks completely grayish-white while holding a tall walking stick with an arrow crowned on top. The gray color suggests the blending of complementary colors. This is the first hint that the Six of Cups is about the blending together of two souls. Many times, this card can come up for the soul mate card when you meet someone from the past that triggers an unexplainable bond.

Six golden chalices are shown bursting with blossoming lilies. The three most prolific flowers are roses, lilies and lotuses, each embodying their own unique symbology throughout the world. Biblically, there is a myth that the Angel Gabriel gave Mary a white lily when he came to her to tell her she was pregnant with Jesus. While there is no mention of this in Luke, it is embedded into the mythos of European culture.

Lilies and roses appear often in Tarot, yet Lotus flowers are not. Lotus flowers don’t grow naturally in the European climate, so in European mythos, lilies often replace the lotus as symbol for the mother, triple goddess, enlightenment, reproduction, innocence and fertility.  

There is a cup with flowers resting on top of the X. Mathematically, we start with X as the first variable, then move to Y. In English, there is a saying, “X-marks the spot.” The variable could represent a few soulmates, as we have multiple soul connections and soul mates throughout life. It’s rather cozy to get this card, while realizing you’ve solved the mysterious search for Mr or Miss X.

The Six of Cups represents any memory we have that creates a sense of familiar joy in our lives. It is a feeling of your childhood’s sunniest days. A Six of Cups moment could be seeing a similar quilt that your mother made for sale in a shop. You buy the quilt because it brings back strong, warm memories of curling up with your mother underneath it while she read to you.

This familiarity echos back to the Six of Cups being a soul mate or past life card. You meet someone you know from a previous lifetime and you feel a sense of calm wonder. You know this person from somewhere else. A strong karmic attraction will be felt on a beneficial level. Both of you bring out the positive qualities reaching for a soul connection.

The Six of Cups can indicate gift giving. Flowers could arrive from your spouse or a loved one. The Six of Cups is the Mother’s Day card.

The Six of Cups may indicate that a childhood friend or sweetheart will return.

You could connect with someone on an energetic level. It’s the blending of harmonies with the number six adding in balance, reciprocity, correlation, symmetry and equilibrium. Added that its position is in Tipareth, the Sixth Sepiroth, we get beauty and kindness as well.

The Six of Cups can suggest that someone will make you an offer you can’t refuse.

One of the other main meanings of the Six of Cups are children. It speaks of taking care of your kids, elementary schools, and the love you feel and have for your kids.

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As a person, the Six of Cups as a signifier denotes someone who is sweet, kind and calming or at least they make the querent feel that way. They may always come bearing gifts of some kind. This person is very resourceful and crafty. They are very good at making their own clothing, jewelry or flower arrangements.

They can be very naive and sometimes act child-like if not occasionally childish. But they make up for this with their random acts of kindness. This is the type of person that is always there for you when you need them. If you ask the Six of Cups person to help you with something they will go above and beyond helping and bring their A game. They wouldn’t even think twice about it. They believe that is just part of life.

The Six of Cups as a signifier denotes someone who either has children or loves children. They probably also love animals and most likely have a dog, cat or even horses.

The Six of Cups as a person may be telling you that this person comes from a long line of “old money.” But you never get the feeling that they think they are better for it than anyone else. In fact, they feel the opposite and feel eternally grateful. Maybe that’s why they want to help everyone.

If your querent pulls this card as a signifier for a love interest, then the querent feels a soul connection to this person. The Tipareth aspect to the Sun in Scorpio means that the person could be very beautiful or at least dress and present themselves in a manner that is stylish, elegant and beautiful. Underneath the lovely children in this card, the aspect of Scorpio tells us that this person may exude a type of sexual appeal and an air of mystery to them.

In the traditional Celtic Cross Tarot Spread, often the card you place over the Situation Card will reveal whether the crux of the situation is an obstacle (hindering) or helping (strengtheing).  This placement is the second card drawn in a traditional Celtic Cross Tarot Spread. 

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There is a sweetness, playfulness and innocence present in the Six of Cups.

Six of Cups is the Sun in Scorpio. Scorpio rules the houses of life and death, so the sun can illuminate all subconscious memories of past lives. Six is a call back to the Lovers, which is often another “soul mate” card. Scorpio is intense and since it’s a fixed sign, it is fairly steadfast emotionally. Once they latch on to something, they don’t let go. Sun brings in an added dose of intensity where two souls will reconnect in another life because of an unwavering belief that this person makes them feel good. When the Six of Cups comes up in a reading expect to meet someone from the past that makes you feel good whether it be someone you knew as a child or someone from a past life.

If your outcome/near future doesn’t have to do with romance, the Six of Cups can indicate that memories from the past are revisited. You prefer to only think of a certain person in a good way and forget about any pain this person may have caused you. You hand select only the positive memories and hold on to them.

Depending on the situation and surrounding cards, children are usually involved whether it be your own or memories about your own childhood. Even your neighbor’s kids or babysitting jobs.