Two of Cups — Love is a card of the Minor Arcana, suit of Cups in the Thoth Tarot. In a reading it speaks of love, union, reciprocity and harmony. In the Golden Dawn system it corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Water and Venus in Cancer in astrology.
love · union · reciprocity · harmony · attraction
What does Two of Cups mean?
A harmonious union is possible or already under way: cultivate it with openness and reciprocity.
Everyday meaning
Love, friendship, reciprocity, harmony between two people or two parts. It points to a happy meeting, an agreement, a sincere reconciliation.
Psychological meaning
The experience of mirroring yourself in another and recognising yourself; the wish to share that comes from fullness, not from lack.
Initiatic meaning
Water in Chokmah, the original force of love, with Venus in Cancer in the first decan: affection in its tenderest and most protective form. Love is the will to union that precedes every form, the polarity that recognises and attracts itself.
The shadow side
Ill-dignified, it signals infatuation, emotional dependence, sentimentality or dissolving into a relationship.
Two 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:
Imbalance in the relationship, expectations not returned, difficulty communicating feelings.
Two of Cups in love, work and spirit
In love
Mutual falling in love, engagement, reconciliation after a misunderstanding.
At work and career
Happy partnerships, harmonious collaborations, agreements based on trust.
In spiritual practice
Love as law: polarity reconciled into unity.
Kabbalah, astrology and the Hebrew letter of Two of Cups
Chokmah · Water · Venus in Cancer
Crowley on Two of Cups
In the Thoth deck two intertwined dolphins rise from a lotus and pour water into two cups on a calm sea: love as the harmony of polarities.
Frequently asked questions
What does Two of Cups mean in the Thoth Tarot?
A harmonious union is possible or already under way: cultivate it with openness and reciprocity.
What does Two of Cups mean in love?
Mutual falling in love, engagement, reconciliation after a misunderstanding.
What does Two of Cups mean for work and career?
Happy partnerships, harmonious collaborations, agreements based on trust.
What does Two 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: Imbalance in the relationship, expectations not returned, difficulty communicating feelings.
What are the Kabbalah and astrology correspondences of Two of Cups?
In the Golden Dawn system Two of Cups corresponds to the sephirah Chokmah, the element Water and Venus in Cancer in astrology.
