1. Tarot
2. Card meanings
3. Nine of Cups

Minor Arcana · Cups

Nine of Cups

• concord
• contentment
• success
• satisfaction

Upright meaning

Contentment and satisfaction. Waite lists concord, contentment, success: a wish met, enjoyed in comfort.

Reversed meaning

Reversed, Waite gives truth, loyalty and liberty, though he notes the readings vary.

• truth
• loyalty
• liberty

Symbolism

A well-fed man sits contented before nine cups arranged on an arched counter.

Group

Minor Arcana · Cups

Element, astrology

Not given by Waite, so we give none

Source

Our own plain-English summary of A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (London: Rider, 1911), Part III §2 (The Lesser Arcana). The keywords are Waite’s own words. Waite’s fortune-telling lists also contain harsher terms; we keep to the reflective readings he gives and never state an event as certain.

Tarot is a tool for reflection, not a prediction of fixed outcomes. This is not medical, legal or financial advice.