The Six of Cups as Advice: Draw on What Was Good

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Six of Cups as advice asks you to remember what nourished you. Here is how, and what the reversal warns against.

If you want the short answer, the Six of Cups as advice says: draw on what was good. Reconnect with an old friend, a simple pleasure, or the version of you who knew what made you happy.

What the Six of Cups advises upright

Tina Gong's the Six of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with nostalgia, innocence, reunion and childhood memories. In an advice position I read those meanings as an instruction: the attitude or action the card is asking of you, rather than a description of what will happen. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, the Six of Cups advises kindness and reconnection: call someone from your past, revisit a place, be playful.

What the Six of Cups is not asking you to do

The Six is not asking you to move back into the past.

The Six of Cups reversed as advice

Reversed, the Six of Cups as advice says stop living in memory. The present needs you. A reversed card in an advice position is usually pointing at the habit that is getting in your way, not at a punishment.

The Six of Cups as advice in love

In love, the Six of Cups advises tenderness and remembering what drew you together.

The Six of Cups as advice for work and money

For work and money, it advises returning to a skill or interest you have neglected. Advice from a card is reflection. For decisions with legal, medical or financial weight, take it to someone qualified as well.

One step to take this week

Do one thing this week that your younger self loved.

For comparison, the Five of Cups as advice and the Three of Cups as advice ask different things of you. The the Six of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Six of Cups as a yes or no, the Six of Cups as feelings and the Six of Cups as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. You can draw a card for yourself with the free daily tarot tool. For a personal interpretation, my guide to an online psychic reading explains how readings work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.