Tarot card
Ten of Cups
Ten of Cups: emotional fulfilment shared through family and community. The card joins the water nature of Cups to its place in the numbered sequence.
2 correspondences · 0 with an ancient or scriptural source · 0 without a cited source · Ten of Cups in full
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The oldest attribution here is Sephirah and number Malkuth, first attested 1888 CE.
Sephirah and number
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Malkuth
Traditional- Who says so
- No school has been identified
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet checked
The Tens bring the suit to its material limit. The process has become fixed in a final form, whether that culmination is welcome or hard to bear.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — General meanings of the small cards under the Sephiroth, pp. 27–28
Suit and element
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Water
Traditional- Who says so
- No school has been identified
- Earliest verified attestation
- 1888 CE
- Ancient or scriptural source
- Not yet checked
Cups express the powers of Water: receptivity, relationship, imagination, pleasure and emotional experience.
Evidence
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Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (primarily); Harriet Felkin (later material), Book T, c. 1888 — Titles and descriptions of the four suits, pp. 3–23