Cups · Water
Five of Cupsfor Virgo
"Loss isn't the question. What you do next is."
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A tumultuous card-- lots of spilled cups and a lack of connection. This card signifies struggle and loss.
A major setback has occurred. Grieve for what you lost (maybe a relationship, a part of yourself, or a loved one). It's okay to be sad-- this card calls us to honor that sadness. It was a big deal and it's okay that you're hurting. Give yourself time to heal.
In a dark time, you found a path through to the light. Slowly you found yourself again and that inner strength is like a candle in the dark. You can navigate this situation.
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Five of Cups for Virgo
The Analyst
Virgo is an Earth mutable sign ruled by Mercury, whose natural subject is work, routine, health, service, the daily how. Cups are the water suit, so the Five of Cups sits in Cancer. Cancer sextiles Virgo, which is help that has to be taken up rather than help that arrives. What it asks for is this: say the feeling to the person it is about. Virgo is perfectly capable of that, which is exactly why not doing it needs a better excuse. Virgo is mutable: it adapts, and this card is in the middle, where adapting can quietly become avoiding. Water and Earth feed each other, so this card's logic will feel natural here. Natural is not the same as correct. Upright, the loss is happening rather than being feared, which is the harder and simpler thing.
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