By Sarah Taylor
Three cards that correspond to Jupiter in different signs: Earth, Water, and Air respectively. That’s a whole, whole lot of expansion, as well as protection — a breaking open wide but with assistance.
The first card that I drew was the Nine of Cups: Happiness. This is the pivot-point in the reading, which the two outer cards feed into.
The Nine is a beautiful, delicate-yet-strong, surreal card — much like the feeling of happiness itself when it becomes a fully fledged, soaring aspect of the Soul and its experience through the body and the heart — because Cups are associated most strongly with the heart and our feeling nature.
Some of the phrases on the card: “Overflowing Love,” “Deep Joy,” “Rapture,” “Blessing.” A tiny phrase at the top of the card is difficult to discern, but seems to read, “Hallo My Friend” — though I can’t be sure. If so, it is a recognition — the acknowledgement of someone or something that is familiar, and which reflects the spirit of the card.
I cannot help but feel what the card is trying to convey, simply by looking at it: its colours are warm and light. Redemptive. A baby-blue spiral turns in on itself towards the centre. It is a homecoming into light, surrounded by hearts, and a collage incorporating nine cups — all enclosing the mysterious experience that seems to draw the lower part of the card up towards it.