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The deck · Cups · Water

Three of Cups, from the 1909 Rider-Waite-Smith deck

Three of Cups

PlentyMerrimentHappy issueHealing

Upright

The conclusion of any matter in plenty, perfection and merriment; happy issue, victory, fulfilment, solace, healing.

Reversed

Expedition, dispatch, achievement, end. It signifies also the side of excess in physical enjoyment, and the pleasures of the senses.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

The picture

Maidens in a garden-ground with cups uplifted, as if pledging one another.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §2

Older readings

Unexpected advancement for military man. Reversed: Consolation, cure. end of the business.

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1911), Part III §4. Waite collected these and says they often disagree with the main meanings.

Waite wrote in 1911 and some of his meanings show it. Tarot is a tradition of reflection, not a prediction, and no card decides anything for you.