Three of Cups — Abundance is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Cups in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of abundance, celebration, fertility and shared joy. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Water and Mercury in Cancer in astrology.
abundance · celebration · fertility · shared joy · grace
What does Three of Cups mean?
A moment of joy and abundance: share it and celebrate with those you love.
Everyday meaning
Abundance, celebration, fertility, joy shared with others. It points to parties, gatherings, moments of grace and a generous emotional harvest.
Psychological meaning
The joy that is born from sharing; the pleasure of receiving and giving without calculation. It calls for awareness so that abundance does not become dispersal.
Initiatic meaning
Water in Binah, the Great Mother, with Mercury in Cancer in the second decan: love becomes fertile, shared form. Abundance is the fullness of the Mother, which however calls for care not to be taken for granted.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals excess, dissipation, fleeting pleasures, superficiality.
Three 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:
Too much celebration, pleasures that empty out, difficulty enjoying what you have.
Three of Cups in love, work and spirit
In love
Joy, celebrations, possibly happy news, even of a pregnancy.
At work and career
Collective success, a close-knit team, projects that bear fruit.
In spiritual practice
Gratitude as recognition of divine abundance.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Three of Cups
Binah · Water · Mercury in Cancer
Crowley on Three of Cups
Crowley draws three cups in the shape of pomegranates overflowing from lotuses: the fruit of Persephone, sweet but bound to the underworld, a reminder of the price of every abundance.
Frequently asked questions
What does Three of Cups mean in the Thoth Tarot?
A moment of joy and abundance: share it and celebrate with those you love.
What does Three of Cups mean in love?
Joy, celebrations, possibly happy news, even of a pregnancy.
What does Three of Cups mean for work and career?
Collective success, a close-knit team, projects that bear fruit.
What does Three 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: Too much celebration, pleasures that empty out, difficulty enjoying what you have.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Three of Cups?
In the Golden Dawn system Three of Cups corresponds to the sephirah Binah, the element Water and Mercury in Cancer in astrology.
