Nine of Cups — Happiness is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Cups in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of happiness, satisfaction, wish fulfilled and wellbeing. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Yesod, the element Water and Jupiter in Pisces in astrology.
happiness · satisfaction · wish fulfilled · wellbeing · gratitude
What does Nine of Cups mean?
Your wishes find an answer: enjoy the happiness with gratitude and share it.
Everyday meaning
Happiness, satisfaction, desires realised. It points to health, serenity, emotional and material success: traditionally it is the card of the wish fulfilled.
Psychological meaning
The joy of emotional fulfilment lived without guilt; the ability to feel content and to let this fullness radiate onto others.
Initiatic meaning
Water in Yesod, the Foundation, with Jupiter in Pisces, his own house, in the second decan: the great benefic spreads the waters into a stable base. Happiness is emotion restored to balance after the trials of Netzach and Hod.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals vanity, complacency, selfish satisfaction that ignores others.
Nine of Cups reversed
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading:
Happiness that is only a facade or depends on outside conditions; dissatisfaction hidden beneath appearances.
Nine of Cups in love, work and spirit
In love
Serenity as a couple, shared wishes fulfilled, generous affection.
At work and career
Satisfaction, results achieved, recognition and financial stability.
In spiritual practice
Gratitude as a spiritual act that multiplies joy.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Nine of Cups
Yesod · Water · Jupiter in Pisces
Crowley on Nine of Cups
In the Thoth deck nine cups arranged in a perfect square overflow with water poured from lotuses: happiness full, ordered and stable.
Frequently asked questions
What does Nine of Cups mean in the Thoth Tarot?
Your wishes find an answer: enjoy the happiness with gratitude and share it.
What does Nine of Cups mean in love?
Serenity as a couple, shared wishes fulfilled, generous affection.
What does Nine of Cups mean for work and career?
Satisfaction, results achieved, recognition and financial stability.
What does Nine of Cups mean reversed?
The Thoth Tarot is traditionally read without reversed cards: the reader judges from the cards around it whether a card is well or ill dignified. This is its ill-dignified or blocked reading: Happiness that is only a facade or depends on outside conditions; dissatisfaction hidden beneath appearances.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Nine of Cups?
In the Golden Dawn system Nine of Cups corresponds to the sephirah Yesod, the element Water and Jupiter in Pisces in astrology.
