Three of Cups: tarot meaning, upright and reversed

Three figures lift their cups together amid fruit and flowers.

Upright

friendship · celebration

Shared pleasure and companionship strengthen a bond.

Reversed

excess · exclusion

A social circle may become distracting, closed, or difficult to trust.

In a reading

The position gives this card a particular task: a description of the situation, a challenge, or guidance. Read its image and meaning alongside the other cards and the question that brought them together.

Golden Dawn correspondence

Mercury in Cancer, 10–20 degrees. This is the attribution in Book T.

Sources

A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot. These notes are original interpretations of the Waite–Smith imagery, informed by that text.