Five of Cups

On the card

A cloaked figure looks down at three spilled cups; two stand upright behind them, and a bridge leads to a house across the river.

Upright

• Loss
• Grief
• Focus on what fell

Three are spilled and two are not, and the figure is facing the wrong way. Traditionally the card of grief that has not yet been able to turn its head.

Reversed

• Turning round
• Acceptance
• Held sorrow

Reversed, the turn begins — or sorrow settles in for longer than it needs to, which is its own kind of loyalty.