An Abundance of Joy
The Three of Cups is also the Lord of Abundance. It is aligned with Mercury in Cancer and represents heartfelt understanding, celebration and love overflowing.
Mercury is the energy of communication, magic and movement and in Cancer brings this power to the heart and the true meaning of devotion.
The Three of Cups is the initial completion of the journey of the heart where the discovery of love is enough cause for celebration. This is a time when you enjoy a special connection with like minded people. There is a feeling of belonging, and of all being right in the world.
Serendipities occur, which bring to you people, events and experiences that you have been hoping for – these are not huge but do serve to reassure you that sometimes things can go quite right and life is not always a struggle.
This card has a connection to the card of The Empress, who celebrates life, fertility and abundance. Put your wishes out there, place your order with the Universe for happiness and good times, and surely it will be delivered to you now.
There is a renewal of health after a period of low energy or illness, and a return to liveliness and pleasure in one's social life. There is also a willingness to find pleasure in the simple things of life – in friendships, in nature and even with one's garden and pets.
There is a playful spirit at work with this card, a delight that bubbles up from within and infects all those who come in contact with it. Life is to be enjoyed, there is time for work and rest, of course, but there is also a time to rejoice in just being alive and this card embodies the energy of this joyful feeling.
It is time to not only enjoy the pleasures that life has to offer, but to share these pleasures with others. By extending the joy that you feel to those who you know most need the upliftment that it brings will only serve to increase it further and prolong the benefits for all concerned.
This card describes love of the highest order. It is the pleasure in the company of family, friends and new acquaintances, buoyed along by the traditions and satisfaction that the keeping of the rituals of society and the comfort derived from this bestows.
It is love and affection overflowing, and the culmination of the blossoming of love that was initiated in the Two of Cups. This is a deepening of that energy, and a movement towards commitment and furtherance of relationship and regard. It is the promise and yet not the fulfillment of happily ever after. The seeds of deep emotional satisfaction have been sown and now they are showing their heads above the soil with all the promise of the harvest to come.
You have love to spare and to share, and you feel the benevolence and positive regard to those closest to you. You understand that now you have in your life everything you need in this world to be happy and you share the energy of your happiness with others, and it is like a contagion of good feeling.
This card brings abundance and a feeling that all is well in your world and the Universe supports you.
Traditionally, it represents celebrations – engagement, marriage, declaration of vows, christening, anniversary – a reason to get together with your family, friends and greater tribe, and celebrate the bounty of life and love.
If the health has been poor, then this is an omen of a return to health and vitality, and the enjoyment of life in all its aspects.
It is time to give yourself up to whatever gives you joy in life.