FIVE OF CUPS
Sadness -- An emotional state returns to haunt you. Heal your soul by looking at yourself honestly. Addiction and sadness. Depression. Inherited cycles of emotional trauma. There is a loss but only becuase nothing lasts forever. The present challenge holds an opportunity for you to change old emotional patterns and habits once and for all. Now is your opportunity to change the cycle forever and break free.
SHADOW: If you wear sadness like a cloak or badge of honor, it will define you. Sadness can define the ego as well as success or peace. Look deeper. What is the payoff of living in addiction? What needs healing?
The bunny shudders. She sadly looks upon three spilled cups from which ruby blood flows. The blood has a life force of its own. Two cups remain upright. Is your glass half empty or half full? Do you ruminate over what is lost or appreciate what remains? Was the blood poisoned to begin with? Did it require leeching? Will you return to more of what ails you? Your addiction will always be fed as long as you desire it. Will you walk away for good this time?
The Five of Cups contains healing medicine if administered wisely. It reflects the challenge of the emotions. It is root issues returning to haunt us. The biggest challenge is thinking we actually are our emotions. Cravings and imaginings are as temporal as ocean waves. The bunny has forgotten the wisdom of the Magician, who controls the inner experience of life through detachment and observation. Feel the emotion but do not identify with it. All things will pass. Once a challenge is met, integrated, and completely understood, the experience of life is illuminated with new possibility.