Page of Cups
Secret whisperA fish peeks out of the cup — let the strange little dream speak.
Upright meaning
Upright keywordscreative message, curiosity, intuition, sensitivity
A tender message, an invitation or a creative idea. Stay open, playful and curious about your feelings.
Reversed meaning
Reversed keywordsemotional immaturity, creative block, insecurity, escapism
Emotional immaturity or blocked creativity. Listen gently to your inner child without letting it run the show.
About the suit of Cups
Cups belong to Water: feelings, love, friendship, intuition and the imagination. They show what is happening in the heart and in your relationships.
Reading the Pages of the tarot
Pages are students and messengers: curiosity, news and the beginner’s mind.
In Waite’s own words (1910)
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, public domain. Original English text.
Divinatory meaning: Fair young man, one impelled to render service and with whom the Querent will be connected; a studious youth; news, message; application, reflection, meditation; also these things directed to business.
Reversed: Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice.
The picture
A fair, pleasing, somewhat effeminate page, of studious and intent aspect, contemplates a fish rising from a cup to look at him. It is the pictures of the mind taking form.
