CONNECTION TRUCE ATTRACTION
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MAKING A CONNECTION joining with another celebrating a marriage or union cementing a friendship establishing a partnership working together sharing helping and being helped seeing commonalities Reversed Early Phase: Connections may be forming. People may be coming together. Tentative links may be created. A marriage or other joining may be coming up. You may need to work with another person. Sharing may become an issue. Late Phase: The connections are growing thin. There's less togetherness now. The links are dissolving. A marriage has taken place or is unraveling. Relationships are breaking up. You're no longer reaching out to someone. |
CALLING A TRUCE healing a severed relationship bringing together opposites letting bygones be bygones coming to a satisfactory agreement declaring peace forgiving and forgetting Reversed Early Phase: Some peace overtures may be considered. A cease-fire may occur at some point. A truce may become possible. You're beginning to think about forgiveness. Warring parties may start coming together. Late Phase: The truce is ending. Peaceful relationships are a thing of the past. The agreement is falling apart. Someone can't let bygones be bygones. Your ability to forgive is fading. |
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recognizing a bond that is developing accepting your preferences letting yourself be drawn in moving toward feeling a positive response |
Reversed Early Phase: An attraction may be developing. A bond may be forming. Someone or something may pull you in. You may feel more positive in the future. Late Phase: An attraction is ending. It's hard to imagine what you saw in someone. You no longer feel positive about the matter. The appeal is fading. People have lost interest. |
Description
A man and a woman are gazing at each other, ready to share their cups (emotions). Here is the very picture of romantic and sexual attraction. The energy between these two is almost palpable. The Two of Cups shows the beauty and power created when two come together. In fact, the Two of Cups is the minor arcana equivalent of the Lovers in many ways.
The Two of Cups has a deeper meaning as well. Whenever two forces are drawn together, there is the potential for bonding. This card can stand for the union of any two entities—people, groups, ideas, or talents.
In readings, the Two of Cups tells you to look for connections, especially those that are one-on-one. Now is not the time to separate or stay apart; it's time to join with another and work as partners. If you are in conflict, look for a truce and the chance to forgive and be forgiven. If you are struggling with two choices or tendencies within yourself, seek to reconcile them.
Usually, the Two of Cups is welcome in a reading, but it can also sound a note of warning. The energy of two can be very compelling. If you have ever stood next to two people in love, you know what I'm talking about. They create between themselves a world of their own that can feel exclusionary to others. “Two's company, three's a crowd.” Make sure that the tendency to pair off is not creating disharmony in your situation.
Some Possible Opposing Cards
Hermit—needing to be alone, solitude
Five of Wands—disagreement, staying apart, no peace
Four of Cups—self-absorbed, being alone
Five of Cups—broken relationship
Some Possible Reinforcing Cards
Lovers—union, marriage, connection
Temperance—connection, working together
Ten of Cups—kinship, family ties, connections
