Seven of Cups

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A figure looks up at seven cups floating in cloud, each filled with something different — a face, a snake, a castle, a wreath, a dragon, jewels, a draped figure. The Seven of Cups is the moment of too many choices, most of them not quite real. The card asks you to notice which cups are daydream and which are actual options. Pick one. Or pick none and keep dreaming. Just don't pretend you have to take them all home.

Reversed

The cups thin out. The Seven of Cups reversed is the moment clarity arrives — you see which cup was the daydream, which was the trap, which one is the actual option. Decision time, finally. Sometimes the card is also the warning: don't lose all the imagination in the name of being realistic. A little dream is still nourishing.