The Seven of Cups Tarot Card Meaning: Upright and Reversed Meanings & Breakdowns

The Seven of Cups Tarot Card Keywords

The Seven of Cups Tarot Meaning

The Seven of Cups is a card that feels like a slowing and even a pausing, so that we can review the ‘big picture’. This might include visualising a dream life, assessing and evaluating the present life and also looking at the self in a more holistic way.

Often, when the Seven of Cups comes up, we gravitate to meanings such as indecision and wishful thinking. At the heart of the Seven of Cups is the need to find an anchor in reality. To always have a connection with realism, even when dreaming big. Anchor those ideas in the present moment and don’t ignore the current challenges that may need to be overcome before you can start on anything new.  

There can be a lot of confusion and overwhelm when the Seven of Cups appears, because it asks us to dive deep into the inner world, to find out what is driving us. We are faced with what it is that we really want. This can involve breaking societal norms, expectations from external sources, and even limiting beliefs that we have unknowingly created for ourselves. We have to search the soul to find out what are true desires, wishes, and dreams are, when all boundaries and limitations are removed.

The Seven of Cups Upright Meaning