Shadowscapes Tarot

ACE of CUPS

It is the initial drop of water that falls upon the glass-smooth surface of a lake. There is an almost imperceptible ripple that starts to spread in expanding rings. It is the shrug of a tiny earthquake that sends a shudder up through ocean waters to culminate in crashing waves upon a distant shore. It is the first stirring of emotion, of compassion and love, of intimacy and of attunement - this tiny drop of potential that will join into a river of all the other mingled droplets from humanity. They all trickle together to flow into one vast sea of swirling emotions.

The still surface of the water in the suit of cups is like a scrying mirror. Delve into those crystalline depths, heed the twinges of intuition, and then raise the glass and drink deeply. This grail shines with a light of understanding and inner knowledge.

These are the guardians of the cups: the denizens of the deep, the fish and the ancient spirits of the sea. They swim with a fluid grace through the ocean's depths, living in a dance of eternal motion. The waxing and waning of the moon pulls the tides and currents of the sea to swell and ebb and this rhythm is felt thrumming through the blood of all who dwell in the ocean's embrace.