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By Sarah Taylor
Something is coming together in a dance. It might not be obvious — it may even be contradictory at times — but these often seemingly opposing elements are available to work in unison, and in a way that is productive, sustaining, and revivifying.
I can’t help but notice the parallels between this and the previous Weekend Tarot Reading. Last week, we had the Three of Wands, the King of Pentacles, and Justice; this week, we meet the Three of Cups, the Queen of Cups, and the Two of Wands. There is enough of a correspondence for it to be significant — although the mood is distinctly different.
Whereas last week the Three of Wands was about entrusting something to forces that lay outside our control — a necessary relinquishment in the name of growth and evolution, with the acknowledgement that we had done the groundwork — this week, we give ourselves to something closer to home. We become harmony, dancing in unison. Three is trinity; here is a trinity of joy, pleasure, fertility. Wands are associated with the fiery urge of creativity and self-definition. Cups, this week, are symbolic of our emotional natures. The Three of Cups specifically speaks about a situation that is balanced, in spite of the potential ‘oddness’ that three brings with it. Everyone is included in a single purpose: that of the elevation of love — and in turn of being elevated by love. It is a coming together of complementary aspects that support and enhance each other, and which produce something that is nurturing and nourishing.
When I look at the Three of Cups, I am reminded of Eric’s article entitled Organic Love: An Ecology of Sustainable Relationship. The Three of Cups feels like organic love in action — however that chooses to express itself, but which includes concepts such as selflove, trust, curiosity, allowing, surrender, change, communication, space, responsibility, healing. The Three is nothing if not inclusive (a word I am aware that I am using a fair bit of late, but perhaps there is a larger reason for that — a shift in our own awareness of who we are and where and how we connect with others).