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Minor Arcana · Suit of Cups · Nine

Nine of Cups

Upright: contentment, satisfaction, gratitude, wishes. Reversed: dissatisfaction, hollow pleasure, smugness, unmet wish.

Nine of Cups — the Rider–Waite–Smith tarot card
Rider–Waite–Smith, 1909

Nine of Cups upright meaning

  • contentment
  • satisfaction
  • gratitude
  • wishes

The wish card, a sign of contentment and finally having enough. Let yourself enjoy what's going well right now, and name out loud the one thing you truly want next.

Nine of Cups reversed meaning

  • dissatisfaction
  • hollow pleasure
  • smugness
  • unmet wish

The satisfaction feels thinner than it looks, pleasure that fills the moment but not the deeper want underneath. Ask what you're actually hungry for, because more of the same won't touch it.

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Arcana
Minor
Suit
Cups
Rank
Nine (9)
Deck
Rider–Waite–Smith

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