The Six of Cups as How Someone Sees You: Who You Were, Fondly Remembered

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Six of Cups as how someone sees you means they see the child with the cup of flowers. Here is what the picture includes, upright and reversed, and why it is set in the past.

If you want the short answer, the Six of Cups as how someone sees you means they see you through memory: fondly, warmly, as the person you were to them in a good time, with the softness that the past lends everything. It is a sweet picture. It is also a picture of then rather than now, and the person may not have updated it.

This is you as the child in the old garden handing over the cup of flowers. They see the gift. They see it as it was.

The Six of Cups upright as how someone sees you

Tina Gong's the Six of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with nostalgia, innocence, reunion and childhood memories. 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 Six of Cups as feelings covers what they feel; the Six of Cups as intentions covers what they plan. This page covers the picture. The general card meanings at Biddy Tarot are a useful second reference.

Upright, I read the Six of Cups as a person who sees you with tenderness rooted in history: the way things were, who you were to them, the version of you they remember. The picture is real and it is partly a photograph. In the upright card the fondness is sincere, and it may be fond of someone you have grown past.

What I would not read into it is present desire or an accurate current picture. The Six of Cups can describe a person who would smile to think of you and would not recognise you now. It can also describe a reunion. The card does not say which.

What the card does not tell you

The card does not confirm the person wants to reconnect, that their picture is of who you are now, or that they have any intention of acting on the fondness. 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 Six of Cups reversed as how someone sees you

Reversed, the Six of Cups as how someone sees you means the picture has gone stale or false: they see a version of you that no longer exists and are disappointed by the present one, or they use the memory of you to avoid something in their current life. The flowers are pressed, not fresh.

In your own question, ask whether the person seems attached to who you were rather than curious about who you are, and whether they reach for memories of you when their present is hard. 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 Six of Cups as how an ex sees you

Asked how an ex sees you, the Six of Cups is the picture people most hope for and the one I would read most carefully. It suggests they remember you warmly. It says nothing about whether they see you as you are now, and the pull of the past is strongest in people who have decided not to go back to it. My guide to asking a psychic whether an ex will come back explains what a reading can and cannot say about that question.

The Six of Cups as how a new person sees you

For someone new, this card can mean you remind them of something good and they see you through that. A tender beginning. Watch whether they come to see you for yourself rather than for what you recall.

How to check the picture against reality

Look for reminiscence: they bring up the past, they are soft about what was, they remember details. A Six of Cups picture is visible in the looking back. Whether it includes the present is visible in whether they ask about it.

What to record before drawing again

Keep three short notes: the question you asked, the version of you the person seems to see, and whether they have shown any interest in who you are now. The third note separates nostalgia from seeing.

For comparison, the Five of Cups as how someone sees you and the Three of Cups as how someone sees you describe different pictures. The the Six of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Six of Cups as a yes or no and the Six of Cups as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. 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.