Cups · Water
Three of Cupsfor Leo · Love and Relationships
"Call the friend. Yes, that one."
Six quick picks first, then your reading
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.
Its place in the deck.
Where it shows up.
Three of Cups for Leo in Love and Relationships
The Creator
Cups are the water suit, so the Three of Cups sits in Cancer. Cancer sits directly beside Leo, the one relationship a sign cannot see clearly because it is too close to get any distance on. What it asks for is this: say the feeling to the person it is about. The difficulty is noticing it is being asked at all. Upright, it has become visible to other people, which is the part that makes it real.
When reading about relationships through a Leo lens, the Three of Cups says that you feel like love is something you give in grand gestures and then measure back in kind, something that should feel like being chosen (or being enough), and something you do not know how to do quietly. This has either created partnerships where both people show up fully visible, or left you wondering if anyone would love you if you stopped performing. The thing you're not saying out loud is the thing that matters most. The Leo blind spot in it is being ordinary, being forgotten, being the one no one thought to invite, being seen doing something mediocre.
In practice that can look like new love, or a conversation that changes the temperature. Whatever form it takes, it is about to become visible to other people.
Keep the thread
Artemis remembers what you asked, and tells you when something comes back around.
Get Artemis Tarot