Nine of cups
This is the 9th card in the suit of Cups and it brings balanced, stable and continual luck. It’s one of the favorite cards to come up in a reading, not just because it precedes the 10 of Cups, but also because it’s a long-overdue sigh of relief after a strain of unlucky Cup cards.
Nine of Cups [Upright]
In this card, we see a figure in white with a red hat signifying good luck and optimistic focus sitting in front of the cups with his arms folded and a smug smile on his face – the wish is close to being fulfilled. Behind the figure, there’s a blue drapery upon which there are neatly aligned 9 cups.
The cups are golden yellow – the same as the entire background of the card signifying the energy of Jupiter in Pisces – wish fulfilled, good luck and abundant optimism.
The lord of this card is the Master of Material Success and his domain is wish fulfilment. If you need some help in manifesting or you want to speed up your desire coming true, work with this minor arcana on Mondays, and carry it with you (upright) when you’re focusing and working on your wish fulfilment.
Nine of Cups Keywords [Upright]
- Satisfaction
- Wishes coming true
- Success
- Achievement
- Recognition
- Pleasure
- Luck
- Erotic pleasure
Nine of Cups Meaning [Upright]
9 of Cups is one of the most desired cards to show up in a reading as it foretells wish fulfilment, material success and dreams coming true.
9 of Cups contains the most complete and benevolent aspect of Water within itself (Jupiter in Pisces), the card talks about inner optimism and enthusiasm, thus great manifesting power and success in one’s ideals and goals with relevant ease.
This card often omens sensory pleasures, erotic satisfaction and love ties that have been manifested into reality by the reader/asker.
The only time when 9 of Cups is prevented from being a good omen is when there are karmic forces (Saturn) at play, and something is forbidden from manifesting due to imbalanced karma and soul contracts
Key Points – Love [Upright]
- In a love reading, this card omens happiness, wish fulfilment, sexual pleasures and healthy and fluid emotional flow.
- It’s always good to see 9 of Cups upright when it comes to a love reading as it foretells a “happy ending” for the reader/asker. If it’s paired with the Lovers and/or the 2 of Cups, it can even announce a happy marriage.
Key Points – Money [Upright]
- This is a majestic card to show up in a money reading as it foretells a great influx of money and good luck in readers’/seekers’ life! .
- Something good will happen and your wish is going to be fulfilled, especially if you wished for a raise, a new phone, a new car, or something tangible and materialistic like that.
- This is an especially good card to show up in a money reading for art dealers and publishers of fiction and erotic books.
Key Points - Career [Upright]
- This is a most beloved card to show up in a career reading as it tells you that you are on the right path and your dreams are at your fingertips! This card is telling you – you can do it, just a little bit longer and your goals is coming true!
- It can also signify a promotion and a rise to a high position within the company. Taking your business to a whole new level is suddenly possible with the 9 of Cups.
Nine of Cups [Reversed]
When 9 of Cups is reversed it talks about Saturnian influences on the reader/asker, the situation is prevented from being materialized due to some past causes and choices that have generated imbalanced karma, and now the desired result is stopped.
Nine of Cups Keywords [Reverse]
- Excess
- Fornication
- Debauchery
- Passion crime
- Intemperance
- Psychopathology
- Snobbery
- Underachievement
Nine of Cups Meaning [Reverse]
When 9 of Cups shows up reversed its omens can vary from slightly unpleasant to deeply disturbing, as this is also a card of crimes committed in the heat of the moment, crimes of passion.
In its lighter spheres, 9 of Cups reversed refers to excess, snobbery and intemperance. In its slightly heavier aspects, it alludes to fornication, debauchery, underachievement and snobbery.
In its heaviest aspect (especially paired up with the Tower and Death) it can allude to a crime of passion, psychopathological behaviors and danger to a human life.
Key Points - Love [Reversed]
- When the 9 of Cups shows up reversed in a love reading it can mean all kinds of bad news (depending on the surrounding cards). It can just mean excessive sexual pleasures in the form of fornication and debauchery, or it can mean something more sinister, like a crime of passion due to obsessive and compulsive disorders.
- It’s a card that warrants caution when it shows up reversed in a love reading because it’s a wild card, you never know how serious matters can turn, or what exactly can happen. Pay close attention to the surrounding cards when doing a love reading.
Key Points - Money [Reversed]
- When the 9 of Cups shows reversed in a money reading, it means that you are spending money on excessive and unnecessary things.
- It can also be a prelude to a reading that foretells of an addiction problem and substance abuse, as well as addiction to porn and sex.
Key Points - Career [Reversed]
- When this card shows up reversed in a career reading it warns against love affairs at a work place, and unpleasant gossip that can influence not just your reputation, but also your success in achieving your goals.
- There are watchful eyes on you, behave yourself, especially in work outings and teamwork building happenings.
