Cups · Water
Three of Cupsfor Aries · Self and Identity
"Call the friend. Yes, that one."
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If two is company, three is a party! The card depicts a celebration and friends together cheersing. A card about the group chat that hypes you up! Staying playful as an adult can help you connect with your inner child-- and the three of cups is all about that!
A fun and lighthearted moment-- an inside joke that makes you laugh or the feeling seeing an old friend. A card about friendship and community more than a romantic connection. Plan a party, or organize an event to play!
The social hangover is real-- you are worn out and feeling drained. Things that normal make you feel light are stressing you out-- perhaps a friend and you are growing apart and so your hangs fill up your cup less. Pay attention and be direct with yourself. Set aside quiet time to listen to yourself.
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Three of Cups for Aries in Self and Identity
The Initiator
Cups are the water suit, so the Three of Cups sits in Cancer. Cancer squares Aries, so the card asks for the move Aries is least fluent in: say the feeling to the person it is about. The friction is the content, not an obstacle to it. Upright, it has become visible to other people, which is the part that makes it real.
When reading about yourself through an Aries lens, the Three of Cups says that you feel like your body is a machine to prove something with, a problem to outrun (or overcome), and the only thing you trust because it does what you tell it to. This has either made you physically strong and brave enough to try what others won't, or left you injured and angry at your own body for not cooperating with your will. You have been so focused on who you think you should be that you haven't checked in with who you actually are. The Aries blind spot in it is the feeling that nothing you do makes any difference, that you are not the center of the story.
In practice that can look like grief you did not schedule. Whatever form it takes, it is about to become visible to other people.
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