Four of Cups

Four of Water · a card from the Eutheum deck

Upright

apathy, contemplation, a missed offer

Reversed

renewed interest, awareness

Upright meaning

Weariness, brooding, indifference to what you have. The Four of Water speaks of a moment when nothing brings joy and a new chance slips by unnoticed. Like the young man under the tree who doesn't see the fourth cup offered from a cloud, the card encourages you to look up.

Reversed meaning

Waking from apathy, new motivation, readiness to accept what life offers. You are coming out of your shell.

Love and relationships

Routine, boredom in the relationship, emotional withdrawal, not noticing someone's interest. Reversed: a fresh look at the relationship, renewed closeness.

Work and money

Lack of motivation, a missed opportunity, a sense of stagnation. Reversed: a new offer, a desire for change.

The card's advice

Look around. Something good is reaching out to you right now.

In Natuland

A young man sits under a tree, lost in thought and bored with the three cups in front of him. He doesn't notice the fourth, offered to him by a hand from a cloud.

Symbols on the card

• Crossed arms and brooding: apathy and withdrawing into oneself.
• Three cups on the ground: what you already have, which no longer brings joy.
• A fourth cup from a cloud: an opportunity going unnoticed.

The cards, characters and lands come from the novel “The Eutheum Awakening”. See the book →