The Page of Cups as How Someone Sees You: Sweet, Sensitive and Young at Heart

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Page of Cups as how someone sees you means they see the fish in your cup. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed, and what it leaves out.

If you want the short answer, the Page of Cups as how someone sees you means they see you as tender, sensitive, imaginative and emotionally young: someone who feels things deeply and shows it shyly, who surprises them with sweetness, who they want to be gentle with. It is a fond picture. It is also a picture of someone not quite grown, and that can be affection or condescension depending on who is holding it.

This is you as the Page looking at the fish with wonder. They find it lovely. They may also think you have not seen a fish before.

The Page of Cups upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Page of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with creative beginnings, intuition, sensitivity and a new emotional message. When the card lands in a position that asks how someone sees you, I read those meanings as the image the person holds of you, which is not the same as who you are and not the same as what they feel. the Page of Cups as feelings covers what they feel; the Page of Cups as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Page of Cups as a person who sees you as soft-hearted and sincere: the one who cries at films, who writes the long message, who feels the room. They see creativity in you, possibly more than you have shown. They see someone they could hurt easily, and in the upright card that makes them careful rather than careless.

What I would not read into it is that they see you as an equal in experience. The Page is young in the deck. The picture may be sweet and a little patronising at once.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm that the person sees you accurately, that the fondness is romantic, or that they respect you as much as they like you. No card lets a reader see inside another person's head. What a card can do is describe the kind of image that fits the person's behaviour toward you, and give you something to check against how they actually treat you.

The Page of Cups reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Page of Cups as how someone sees you means they see the sensitivity as too much: moody, needy, immature, prone to sulking or to emotional drama. The picture has gone from tender to tiresome in their eyes, whether or not it is fair.

In your own question, ask whether the person has lately seemed impatient with your feelings, or whether they treat you as fragile in a way that has started to feel like being managed. A reversed card here is a prompt to notice whether the picture the person holds has gone sour or gone wrong, not a verdict on you.

The Page of Cups as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Page of Cups suggests they remember you as sweet, sensitive and perhaps a little young, with fondness and without much weight. It is a kind memory. It is rarely a picture that pulls someone back, because it is a picture of a beginning rather than a partner. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Page of Cups as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card means they are charmed by your gentleness and your openness, and they see something fresh in you. Enjoy it. Let them also see the adult, or the picture stays a Page.

How to check the picture against reality

Look at how the person treats your feelings: carefully, which is upright, or dismissively, which is reversed. Look at whether they ask your opinion on anything practical. A Page of Cups picture is fond and often incomplete; the way to find out is to show them the rest.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, how the person responds when you are emotional, and whether they seem to see your competence as well as your heart. The third note is the gap in the picture.

For comparison, the Knight of Cups as how someone sees you and the Page of Wands as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Page of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Page of Cups as a person covers the card when it describes a temperament rather than an image. For a personal interpretation, my guide to a love psychic reading online explains how I work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.