Ten of Cups
Astrology: Mars in Pisces | Element: Water | Time: 3/11–3/20
In the ocean, there is a legend: an original water-element family, like Adam and Eve. The sea was born from their embrace, as bubbles rose from beneath their feet. Red fish follow arcs of light as they swim—the smallest slips through the child’s fingers, while the largest circles around them. Bubbles drift from the mother’s hair, from the father’s palm, and from the child’s arms. From then on, the ocean gained oxygen and living creatures—love and hope…
Symbolism:
Embrace: The embrace represents mutual support, love, and acceptance—symbolizing emotional and everyday happiness, fullness, and completion. As the most direct expression of love, it is within reach, and beauty can continue to be received.
Expressions of Enjoyment: These faces reflect happiness and harmony within family relationship. All three feel deeply comfortable within this family—warm, supportive, and sustaining one another.
Bubbles: Bubbles represent the transmission of love. A stable emotional bond creates positive influence on the surrounding world.
Glass Marbles: Glass marbles symbolize vitality and joy—childhood toys that carry and witness a child’s growth.
Red Fish: Echoing the red fish in Ace of Cups, the fish here have grown, forming a family lineage. They are both beneficiaries and guardians of the transformed environment. The setting becomes a complete ecological cycle; ten red fish symbolize ten cups, forming the outermost layer of protection that creates safety and a supportive “habitat” for the family.
Upright:
Emotion, community, family, satisfaction, harmony, stable relationship, a balanced and fulfilled state, harmonious and happy family life, the ideal form of emotional relationship, the highest vision of human connection.
Personality: Values family and emotional bonds, skilled at creating a harmonious atmosphere, compassionate and loving, pursues ideal relationships, happy to share joy, open and sincere in emotional expression, able to maintain beautiful connections.
Relationship: An ideal partnership, a happy and complete family life, mutual understanding and support, deep emotional connection, growing and progressing together, an environment filled with love and warmth, the embodiment of a soul family.
Career/Studies: Seamless teamwork, harmonious workplace atmosphere, shared goals achieved, balance between career and family, a supportive work environment, an ideal working state, balance between study and life.
Finances: Stable family finances, successful shared financial planning, wealth and happiness together, spending for a beautiful family life, investing in the family’s future, the joy of shared resources.
Advice: Share joy and happiness with those you love—express love out loud. Right now, love can create everything. Cherish and protect this beauty, and pass love and harmony to more people. As you enjoy happiness, remember to give back and stay grateful.
Reversed:
Detachment, loosening, discord, dejection, exclusion, relationship conflict, disputes, inner conflict, emotional distance beneath surface harmony, pressure of family responsibility, the collapse of idealized expectations.
Personality: Over-pursuit of perfect harmony while ignoring real emotional needs, losing the self within a group, taking on too much emotional responsibility, using surface harmony to cover problems, lacking the courage to face conflict.
Relationship: Forcing surface harmony, ignoring deeper issues, uneven distribution of family responsibilities, emotional exchange becoming formal and shallow, over-idealizing the relationship, lacking true emotional connection.
Career/Studies: A team that seems harmonious but holds real divisions, blurred boundaries between work and family, pressure from perfectionism, neglect of personal career development, sacrificing too many personal needs for the group.
Finances: Over-spending to maintain surface harmony, family financial pressure, conflict in shared financial planning, wasting resources on “image projects.”
Advice: When facing family disputes or interpersonal tension, acknowledge the real problems in the relationship and stop using perfectionism to hide conflict. While caring for others’ needs, do not neglect your own inner feelings. Distance yourself from unhealthy environments, and seek the space and surroundings where you feel most at ease.