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Nine of Cups

IX Cups

Upright

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│       IX · CUPS        │
│                        │
│      ∪         ∪       │
│                        │
│      ∪         ∪       │
│           ∪            │
│      ∪         ∪       │
│                        │
│      ∪         ∪       │
│                        │
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  • satisfaction
  • wish granted
  • contentment
  • enjoyment

The wish card. The Nine of Cups is satisfaction: a table set, arms wide, wants that ended in having. Savour it entirely — you built this.

Reversed

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│       IX · CUPS        │
│                        │
│      ∩         ∩       │
│                        │
│      ∩         ∩       │
│           ∩            │
│      ∩         ∩       │
│                        │
│      ∩         ∩       │
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│      ‡ REVERSED ‡      │
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  • dissatisfaction
  • shallow pleasure
  • wish unfulfilled

Full plate, no appetite. Dissatisfaction despite portions served, pleasure gone thin, or the exact wish curdling in the hand. Envy out — adjust the wish or the way of wishing.