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Three of Cups

III Cups

Upright

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│       III · CUPS       │
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  • friendship
  • celebration
  • community
  • shared joy

Three dancers and raised cups. The Three of Cups is joy with witnesses — chosen family, friendship, achievements celebrated because they were shared from the start.

Reversed

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│       III · CUPS       │
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│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
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  • gossip
  • overindulgence
  • loneliness in a crowd

The circle thins. Gossip masquerading as closeness, overindulged partying, or feeling unseen inside a crowd. Find the one cup that's real and pour into it.