Shattered cups Dream Meanings

Shattered Cups Dream Meaning: From 1 Different Sources


(jars and dishware) these can symbolize ruin and destruction, Jer. 48:12
Dream Source: Christian Dream Symbols
Author: Tyler Wolfe

28 dream interpretation about shattered and cups related.

Glass

Very important things are made out of glass. Amongst them are windows that allow sunshine into our homes, drinking glasses, seeing glasses, etc. Glass makes our lives more comfortable and we rarely, if ever give it any thought. Consider the details of your dream and try to figure out how this dream about glass is relevant to you.

If glass is shattered in your dream, it could symbolize breaking of both negative and positive things.

For example, it could represent the breaking of illusions, denial, and deception. On the more negative side, it could also represent the shattering of dreams or hopes that a person has been holding close to his heart. Old dream interpretation books say that looking through a clear glass is a sign of good luck and through a dirty glass symbolizes domestic difficulties.... glass dream meaning

Break

Broken promise, shattered idealism, hope or faith, feeling broken in spirit; changes as we break’ with the past. Idioms: lucky/bad break; break a habit; break down/up, break new ground; broken heart; break the ice; break the news; breakthrough; break with. ... break dream meaning

Window

Looking through a window represents insight and attitude towards life. What you see out the window - whether it’s a positive or negative view - suggests how optimistic or pessimistic you are in general.

If you dreamed of a locked window, consider which side you were on. Being locked out often represents some troubles of your own making, or that someone is keeping secrets from you. Being locked out suggests that you will have a change of location.

To dream of jumping or climbing out a window predicts that whatever your troubles are, you will find an unexpected way to overcome them.

To dream of climbing in a window means a new opportunity will soon come your way.

To see shattered or broken windows symbolizes unhappy times and disloyal friends.

A foggy window suggests that you are keeping aspects of yourself hidden from other people. Tinted window(s) represent your need for privacy and your ways of getting it. You may prefer to present a mysterious front to others.... window dream meaning

Water

(see Ocean)

If the dreamer is drinking water, this is a symbol for enjoying life.

If the dreamer is at presently in bad circumstances, dreaming of drinking water implies that good times are ahead.

Clear, calm water portends happiness, while river rapids or crashing surf implies rough times on the horizon.

A waterfall, particularly if there is also a rainbow in the dream, indicates success, happiness, and wealth coming into the dreamer’s life. Astrological parallels: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Tarot parallel: The suit of cups... water dream meaning

Comet

To see a comet in your dream, indicates that you need to move on and free yourself from emotional and physical burdens. Stop delaying - move forward toward your goals! If the asteroid hits the earth in your dream, it indicates that your idealistic notions are deteriorating are being shattered apart.... comet dream meaning

Cup

(Drinking cup; Goblet; Mug) In a dream, a drinking cup represents a woman or a son or a servant. Golden or silver cups in a dream are better than glass cups.

A cup in a dream also denotes exposing hidden secrets.

A filled cup in a dream represents a pregnant woman, if the water disappears in the dream, it means that she will give birth to a new child.

A broken glass in a dream means death.

A broken glass in a dream also signifies the death of one’s wife.

If one sees himself carrying a glass of water, then if the glass falls and breaks, while the water remains in his hand in the dream, it means that his wife maydie soon after giving birth to a new son.

If the glass does not break and the water is spilled in the dream, it means that she will live and the newborn will die.

A cup in a dream also represents a housekeeper, or it could mean money.

The substance of a cup in a dream is interpreted the same way as that of a woman. Eating a glass cup in a dream means suffering adversities.

(Also see Drinking; Mug)... cup dream meaning

Cup-bearear

One who has many friends, relatives and acquaintances.

*(A cup-bearer is a person who fills and serves the wine cups, as in a king’s palace-Collins Concise Eng. Dic.)... cup-bearear dream meaning

Dreaming Of Vessels, Vases, Utensils, Mirror, Scissors Etc.

Vessels symbolise servants and lads while stove, hearths, grates, cauldrons, lamps, table-cloths etc. symbolise grief, sorrow and anxiety which will be felt by the head of the household if the Arabic masculine equivalent is used for any of the above words. But it it is used as a feminine such as qidr, qifah, maa’idah, musarrajah and qas’ah, then they symbolise a person’s wife.. As for the word sufrah though feminine, it symbolises the husband all the same.

(Qidr : Cauldron, Cooking Pot; Qifah : large basket; Maa’idah : table-cloth; Musrrajah : lamp; Qas’ah trough)

Whatever is made from copper or lead such as cups, saucers, plates, trays kettles etc. they all symbolise a person’s servants and lads.... dreaming of vessels, vases, utensils, mirror, scissors etc. dream meaning

Silver

(Woman) Silver in a dream represents hard earned money or savings. In dream interpretation, the substance of silver and that of a woman are the same.

A silver coin in a dream represents a beautiful woman. Extracting silver in a dream means taking advantage of a woman. Ifone finds abundance of silver in his dream, it means that he will uncover a treasure. Melting silver in a dream means having an argument with one’s wife that will become the talk of the town. Receiving silverware or silver cups as a gift in a dream means being entrusted with money or personal items for safe keeping.

The same interpretation goes for receiving a silver mirror in a dream as long as one does not look into it. Once he looks into the mirror in his dream, it means adversities, defamation, and loss of respect, for only harm could come from looking into a silver mirror in a dream. Silverware, silver cups or silver pitchers, as well as the golden ones in a dream also may represent good deeds that lead to paradise, or they could mean good business and prosperity.

To see expensive silver items mixed with trivial imitations in a dream meansinnovation and suspicious behavior. Silver ornaments in a dream mean forcing one’s way, or obliging a jealous person to revert the course of his actions. Buying something with silver coins ofunknown origin, or placingthem inside a silver bowl in a dream means hidingsomethingsuspicious, or receiving something as a trust that one should keep with honesty, then return it to its rightful owner when asked to do so.... silver dream meaning

Tea

1- It will depend on whether the dream is about tea as a commodity. or a social occasion. On a practical level, tea as a commodity represents a unit of exchange, whereas the social occasion suggests inter-communication.

2- The Japanese tea ceremony suggests a unique way of caring for and nurturing someone, as does afternoon tea.

Dreaming of tea cups in particular links with the individual’s need for divination (reading tea leaves).

A tea break in a work environment suggests a need for rest and relaxation from concentration.

3- lea as a symbol suggests spiritual refreshment and making an offering.... tea dream meaning

Mirror

A mirror may reflect back to us our beautiful qualities so that we can appreciate them and embrace ourselves. It may point to an individual who is a real mirror for you and who will reflect both personality flaws and positive qualities. It may mention that it is time to look within, to appreciate your beauty, or to love yourself more.

A shattered mirror may comment that your image has been shattered.... mirror dream meaning

Garment

Wearing a good quality garment in a dream means prosperity in this world and in the hereafter. Wearing a woolen garment in a dream means renouncing the world and calling on people to do the same and to desire the benefits of the hereafter. Wearing a green robe in a dream brings benefits and no harm.

If a living person sees himself or someone else wearing green in a dream, it denotes his religious devotion. As for a deceased person, it means a good state and acceptance before God Almighty.

It is also said that wearing a green garment in a dream means receiving an inheritance. Wearing a white garment also means glad tidings.

If a fabric merchant or a tailor sees himself wearing a white garment in a dream, it means lack of work. Wearing a black garment in a dream means a bad omen, but if one is used to wearing black clothing, then it means honor, wealth and receiving a high ranking position. Wearing a red garment in a dream means excess earnings that are not yet free from due alms. Such a person then must immediately pay the proper share of his earnings.

A red garment in a dream means death, sickness and to a poor person, it means increase in his difficulties. Wearing a red garment in a dream can mean good only if the person wearing it is an unmarried woman. Otherwise, wearing red during festivals or social gatherings in a dream has no meaning. Wearing a yellow garment in a dream or any of its derivative colors in general means ulcer or other internal festering illness. Wearing a silken garment in a dream means loss and negligence of one’s religious life. Wearing a blue garment in a dream means distress and difficulties. Wearing a patterned garment of mixed colors in a dream means being reprimanded by one’s superior. It also could represent a flower merchant. Wearing a double sided coat means duplicity and affectation. Awashed garment in a dream means poverty and indebtedness. Wearing a brocaded garment in a dream means attending a pilgrimage. Otherwise, if the person qualifies, it means controlling interests in a farmland, or it may represent a good harvest for that year. Wearing a garment which is brilliant in colors for a man in a dream represents his pride and arrogance.

If one sees himself wearing a silken raiment and portraying a religious jurist in a dream, it means that he is a seeker of worldly titles who may invent something new. Announcing lost and found garments in a dream means attending a pilgrimage to Mecca or a journey to an Arab country.

A woman wearing a thin garment in a dream represents her integrity, while if she is wearing a thick garment, it represents her labor and hardships.

If one sees himself putting on a new garment after taking a ritual bath in a dream, it means prosperity or repayment of his debts.

If one’s new garment is torn and cannot be repaired in the dream, it means inability to bear children.

If the garment can be repaired in the dream, it means that there is an evil spell over the person wearing it. Wearing two torn garments in a dream means death.

A torn garment in a dream also means a shattered religious or spiritual life, or it could mean that one is pursued by an evil person, or it could mean poverty or striving to satisfy one’s basic material needs.

If one is stripped of his clothing in a dream, it means loss of his status. Destroying or wasting garments in a dream brings glad tidings, unless if the person seeing the dream is incarcerated, or if he is a poor person, or if he is in debt.

If a man sees himself wearing a woman’s outfit in the dream, and if in his consciousness he intended to act effeminately, it means that he will face a calamity and carry a great burden.

If he thinks in his dream that he is a woman, then his humiliation will be greater. Receiving used garments but in a good condition as a gift in a dream means money, though if they are in bad condition, they mean trouble.

A dog wearing a woolen cloak in a dream represents ajust ruler.

If one sees a lion wearing a cotton or a linen cloak in a dream, it represents a ruler who confiscates people’s properties and money. Wearing linen cloak in a dream also means living a dignified life. Eating a clean garment in a dream means receiving lawful earnings, and eating a dirty garment in a dream means living from unlawful money. Burning one’s garment in a dream means the end of his difficulties. Ironing off the creases of one’s garment before wearing it in a dream means interest in beauty, glitters and ornaments.

(Also see Closet; Colors; Filth; Trader)... garment dream meaning

Ejaculation, Emission

Example: I was in a cubicle or small toilet with a very black coloured woman. She told me there was something wrong with her vagina. She was undressed. I rubbed her vagina and we both felt enormous passion. I then woke but couldn’t at first remember the dream. I have re­frained from sexual intercourse for some weeks, as I always feel shattered/tired afterwards. Anyway I awoke very wet, yet couldn’t remember any ejaculation. Then I remembered the dream and continued it in fantasy. I experienced powerful urges to find a woman to have a non-committed sexual rela­tionship with. But in the end I wanted to share my feelings with my wife, but she seemed deep asleep’ (Alan P).

The example shows how our sexual needs attempt to satisfy them­selves even though we may make a conscious attempt to deny them.

The ejaculation, male or female, shows the sexual na­ture of one’s dream, even if the symbols seem to have no obvious connection.

The attitudes in one’s dream also show something of our relationship to sex. This may be mechanical, fearful, loving, etc. Alan sees sex as a problem to be solved, and has difficulties around commitment. ... ejaculation, emission dream meaning

Danger

(See various causes of danger). Lovers who dream of being in danger will have to use the greatest care and discretion in all that they do to prevent their warning from coming true.

It is frequently the precursor of a shattered romance.... danger dream meaning

Abbey

A dream in which an abbey is depicted reveals your overall state of happiness and complacency. It represents the spiritual, serenity, freedom from stress and worries and the certainty of assistance. If, however, the abbey is depicted as shattered or destroyed, this insinuates the distortion and collapse of your aspirations and dreams.... abbey dream meaning

Ocean

Life. One of the few universal symbols.

An active ocean, teeming with life, with high waves and crashing surf, implies that life will soon become much busier.

A calm ocean: A peaceful life.

A stormy sea: Trouble ahead.

The need to be prepared. Astrological parallel: Cancer Tarot parallel: The suit of cups... ocean dream meaning

Black Person

Depends which skin colour one has.

If white: one’s natural drives, feelings about coloured people; or if per­son is known, what you feel about them.

If black or brown: one’s own cultural feelings; same as any person’ dream.

Example: \ was in a cubicle or small toilet with a very black coloured woman. She told me there was something wrong with her vagina. She was undressed. I rubbed her va­gina and we both felt enormous passion. I then awoke but couldn’t at first remember the dream. I have refrained from sexual intercourse for some weeks, as I always feel shattered/ tired afterwards. Anyway I woke very wet, yet couldn’t re­member any orgasm. I could remember some question of sex as I awoke. Then I remembered the dream and continued it in fantasy. I experienced powerful urges to find a woman to have a non-committed sexual relationship with. But in the end I wanted to share my feelings with my wife, but she seemed deep asleep and unresponsive. When I slept again I dreamt I was in London, had got off one bus, but was not at any desti­nation. I was standing about not making a move to find my direction. Then I began to look’ (Alfred C).

To understand this dream in some depth it is helpful to think of a sexual drive as a flow, like a river. As such it can be blocked, in which case it will seek an alternative route. Sexual energy or flow is not simply a mechanical thing, ihough; it is also deeply feeling in its connection with the most profound sides of hu­man life such as parenthood and the canng and providing for young. In the history of white people a great deal of sexual frustration has arisen out of the ideas of sin and guilt in their religion.

A view arose for the white race that the black races had an easier and less frustrating relationship with the natural —which includes not only sexuality but the body as a whole, and nature also. So when Alfred dreams of the black woman, he is meeting what is natural and flowing in himself, but which he has blocked by his will because he felt shattered after sex.

The pan about the bus shows him trying to find a direction in which his sexual feelings could move satisfyingly in connection with other people.

Unfonunately, as Jung points out in Man and His Symbols, people in modern society, whether black, yellow, brown or white, have lost their sense of nature and the cosmos as being anything other than processes without consciousness or living feeling. Jung says. No river contains a spirit, no tree is the life principle of a man. no snake the embodiment of wisdom. No voice now speaks to man from stones, plants, and animals, nor does he speak to them believing they can hear.’ The im­portance of such dreams as Arthur’s is that it shows the pas­sionate relationship between our personality and the pnmitive and natural.

A black person, born and bred in a modern setting, would most likely dream of a black bushman to depict their own natural drives.

See identity and dreams; Africa; sex in dreams. ... black person dream meaning

Card

If you are betting your money on cards, it means you want to rely on chance to solve your problems. The unconscious is warning you of this error and invites you to discard the possibility that the problems will solve themselves.

If you are playing a game of cards and demonstrate ability and skill, these will be the qualities that you have in real life. Maybe the dream is telling you to adopt the same courage, strategy, and good timing required in card games. Games such as Twenty-one (or Blackjack) show that we should not let opportunities slip away. Others refer to the need for patience when it comes to making deals. Keep in mind another important detail: the symbolic origin of cards. The deck of fifty-six cards consists of fourteen figures for each of the four suits: coins (circles, discs, wheels), clubs (maces, scepters), swords, and cups. The coin symbolizes material forces; the club, power and control; the cup, love; and the sword action. This symbolism must be taken into account if you remember such details. (See GAME, LOTTERY, BETTING POOL, and ROULETTE)

In a deck of cards, each figure has a meaning. In oneiric terms, diamonds represent wealth; clubs indicate work; hearts predict happiness in love; and spades, finally, portend future problems.... card dream meaning

Column

lucky numbers: 04-20-39-41-46-50

broken, a: hopes are shattered by best friend.

erecting a: abundance of money through your efforts alone.

falling, a: your rigidity has caused your stability to topple.

leaning on a: others depend upon you, as you on them.

of any kind of a supporting: are holding up under the burden of supporting others.

standing next to a: support is there if you are desperate.

on top of: a stab at romance has deluded you.

steel, a: your increased value to the community wil earn your stripes. ... column dream meaning

Owl

lucky numbers: 10-19-26-40-41-48

catching an: don’t limit your wisdom; let it fly free.

hooting, an: warning of the approach of a deceitful person.

killing an: shared sacrifices and deprivations.

of an: be watchful of a terrifying action in a terrifying situation.

scaring an, away: life wil take a turn against evil.

screaming, an: close associates are the source of the problem.

solemn screech of an: views wil be shattered with bereavement. ... owl dream meaning

Penis

For a man the penis represents more than simply his sexual appetite. It depicts the whole drive of life through his glandular system which develops the body type he has, pre­disposes his body towards male sexual characteristics; brings a cenain creative explosiveness to his personality, creates urges towards fatherhood and loving his woman, with con­nected desires to supply the needs of family if he is emotion­ally healthy.

The positive aspect of the penis/masculinity is for him to demand his woman meets his maleness, his canng aggression, his sexual desire, with her own fiery energy and strength. In general, direct reference to sexual feelings, fears, or problems. As these can be quite complex several examples are given below.

Example: ‘So for the third time I held the woman and made love.

The woman’s vagina was like a flower, I don’t mean to look at, but in physical sensation. My penis felt like it was penetrating petals of flesh and touching with great plea­sure a central receptive area I was left with the feeling of being able to make love again and again without any negative effects. It was a very positive and healthy feeling’ (John T). John is feeling confident about his sexual drive. Although a powerful drive, subtle feelings and fears have an intense influ­ence not only on the pleasure of sex, but also the response of the physical organs.

The relationship with the penis and sex act in one s dream shows what fears, hurts or attitudes are influencing the sexual flow.

See castration.

In a woman’s dream, one’s relationship with, desire for, a mate; relationship with one’s own male self—ambition, work capability, aggression, intellect; depicts the relationship with, genital sexuality with, one’s panner. As with Sally in the next example, the events in the dream define the problem or rela­tionship. Example: ‘My lover Terry, myself and another woman are all on our bed.

The other woman seemed very sure of herself and kissed Terry in a very intimate way, he doing the same to her as I lay very near to both of them. Then Terry stuck his bottom in the air and staned to lick my chest and breast. I found myself licking around the penis, felt I was under some kind of pressure from both the other two to do so but didn’t feel too shattered as I did it with love for Terry, but I had a bitter taste in my mouth’ (Sally P). In talking about this dream Sally said she often struggled with what she wanted and what her panner wanted in sex. She might go along with his needs, but not find it palatable. Even if she did do it with some love, it might have a bad taste in her mouth*.

Example: T felt as if I were as one with Terry and I realised he was trying to make a journey into his mother s vagina, as his penis. Her vagina looked like a long dark tunnel and was threatening to him. I said, “You haven’t given your mother satisfaction and you say you will not.” Then he was really smashed up in body. Withdrawing into a garden with a high green hedge. I took a leaf from the hedge and began to pull it apan with my hands. Terry said, “Look what you are doing, teasing me.” I felt withdrawal wasn’t the way and staned to follow him, walking alongside the hedge. I said, “It feels like you are strangling me, so why don’t you do it and kill me?” (We have been going through a lot of sexual withdrawal, Terry saying his sexuality was his to do with as he wanted.)(Sally P). This second dream of Sally’s is a shrewd summing up of Terry’s sexual fears. In fact Terry suffered a great deal of anxi­ety about sex, and later uncovered the son of fear and desire to avoid giving his mother satisfaction in becoming a full blooded man shown in the dream. Our unconscious is a very capable psychologist, and while Terry in Sally’s dream repre­sents her insights regarding him—and must not be seen as a statement of fact about Terry—such insights are often enor­mously useful in dealing with relationship difficulties.

Example: ‘Was in a house with my wife. Outside the door was something which wanted to come into her—an invisible being. We were frightened and it said “Do not be afraid, I want you to put your penis in your wife and wait for me to activate you. In that way you will form a body for me.” I woke and realised the dream was moving me to parenthood. Al­ready having three children I realised this would mean an­other 20 years of responsibility. Nevertheless my wife and I made love. Two weeks later I dreamt my wife was pregnant with a son. In fact nine months later she bore a son’ (Nigel I). In this interesting dream sequence the penis is Nigel’s drive to be a father.

See castrate; bed; knob; pole; reptiles; sausage; examples in flower and tunnel. ... penis dream meaning

Asteroids

To see an asteroid in your dream, suggests that you need to move on and free yourself from emotional and physical burdens. Alternatively, this dream may signify a brainstorming of ideas and thoughts.

If the asteroid hits the earth, then it indicates that your idealistic notions are deteriorating are being shattered apart.... asteroids dream meaning

Hurt

Emotional hurt represents a truth being exposed you are unable to accept at the time; shattered illusions. You are always responsible for self; no one else can hurt you. Physical hurt means limitation; if bleeding from hurt, a loss of energy.

See Pain.... hurt dream meaning

Something Cooking In The Kitchen

Male and female sexuality, as well as family life in general, are symbolized by the utensils and vessels used in cooking. The cooking fire or oven is traditionally the focus of the household and can symbolize the deepest center of your being; something burning in the kitchen should therefore alert you to problems in your family life.

If you are preparing a meal in your dream kitchen, this may suggest a quest for love and affection.

If you are frying food in your dream, there is the constant risk of getting burned; the smoke billowing around your kitchen may be warning you that a problem could get worse if you avoid it or don’t deal with it. Cinders or a grate in your dream kitchen can represent ruined hopes as well as the potential of projects yet to be born.

If you dream of a kettle, even though its spout it is a symbol of male sexuality, it suggests that someone can get hurt if passions are not handled carefully. On the other hand, it could also indicate your present mood: steamed up and about to explode. At the other extreme, the image of a broken kettle may mirror feelings of emptiness, as if all zest for life has gone.

If you are cooking with pots and pans, the association is with male or female sexuality, depending on whether the pot or the handle is featured.

When a cup is seen to represent female sexuality, drinking out of it is erotic wish-fulfillment.

If it is hurled across a room by a man, it may express fear of, or anger towards, female sexuality; if by a woman, the dream suggests that the dreamer is using sex as a weapon. For Jungians, the cup is a homely symbol of the abundance of life’s opportunities; it is also a symbol of self-realization in that it is an echo of the Holy Grail. A full or overflowing cup often symbolizes excitement and new opportunities, but an empty or smashed cup indicates the opposite.

Cutlery in dreams may suggest a desire for domestic security or the taming of aggression. Spoons may have a similar symbolism to cups, but they can also represent a desire to be spoonfed. A teaspoon may be telling you to take things in one step at a time. A silver spoon may refer to someone you envy. A colander or sieve may be seen as standing for the process of developing a new outlook on life and sifting out unhelpful attitudes and ideas.

See also EVERYDAY THINGS.... something cooking in the kitchen dream meaning

Pocket

lucky numbers: 03-04-05-06-10-34

book full of money: immediate success of your writing.

empty: shattered hopes of not having covetous relatives.

catching a pick: would like to defend your nonpayment of debt.

enemy’s: wil make up with enemies, acknowledging each one’s peculiarities and faults.

having your, picked: a friend wil turn against you through the spiteful actions of others.

hole in your: someone is skimming your profit and blaming you for it.

knife, closed: your revenge is seething beneath the surface.

open: recognize your rage and use it constructively.

mate’s: wil win at gambling, line relative’s pockets: misery.

watch: timing is everything; pay attention to those stingy with it. ... pocket dream meaning

Widow

lucky numbers: 02-05-17-24-32-35

baking: expect favors from others to deal with responsibilities you deem weighty.

dreaming of expecting a baby: are driving yourself toward shattered ambitions.

giving birth to a child: wil be guilty of foolish actions.

marrying: have reached the last resort of thwarted hopes.

distant relative, a: change of surroundings wil rid you of malicious people.

rich old man, a: money wil arrive by mail; happiness is ensured.

poor: insurmountable obstacles are ahead for someone close to you.

young: misfortune in love affairs as weighty responsibilities become yours.

of a: achieve balance by al owing your masculine traits to evolve. ... widow dream meaning

Tarot

Symbols are the language of the subconscious mind, and both Tarot and dreams speak to us in exactly the same way, in the language of symbols. Some dream experts believe it is a natural marriage to combine Tarot and dreams to at once deepen and enhance the understanding of dream symbols whilst also expanding one’s understanding of Tarot.

Jung saw all the Tarot images as being ‘descended from the archetypes of transformation’. These archetypes include several of the primary archetypes that were encountered during his own individuation process, a process of psychological maturation similar in nature to the aging of the physical body.

These include the shadow, the anima and animus, and the wise old man. The Tarot also contains symbols representing other important archetypes of transformative processes, such as the hero, the mother, the self, sacrifice and rebirth. In Jung’s analytical psychology, these archetypes comprise the major dynamic components of the unconscious that affect the human psyche in many different ways. To dream of a Tarot reading indicates your current situation and state of mind. It means that you are open to the idea of exploring your unconscious thoughts and feelings. Pay attention to what the Tarot cards revealed.

The deck of cards known as the Tarot is divided into two parts: the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana (the word Arcana’ is from the Latin word for ‘secret’). The Major Arcana consists of twenty-two cards, each separately titled. These cards depict symbolic figures, such as the Fool, the Magician, the High Priestess and the Empress, elements of nature such as the Star, the Moon and the Sun, and human experiences on the spiritual journey, as well as joys, hopes, fears and sorrows. The symbols are drawn from legend, and from universal symbolism and magical belief. Typically, the Major Arcana are subject to broad interpretations. In essence they are archetypes and their sequence from naught to twenty-one is believed to represent the soul’s journey to awareness, the process of becoming whole or the alchemical process of spiritual transformation. They represent the stages of a person’s individual passage through life, from non- existence, birth, love, marriage, death, spiritual ascension and back to non- existence again.

Most of the cards in the Minor Arcana represent everyday concerns, events or qualities. The Minor Arcana is a combination of four suits; each suit is comprised of cards numbered from one to ten, plus the court cards of Page, Knight, Queen and King. The four suits of the Minor Arcana are most commonly known as Cups, Pentacles, Wands and Swords; from these suits it can clearly be seen that the Minor Arcana is the ancestor of our modern playing cards with their corresponding suits of Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades.

Each suit of the Minor Arcana has a meaning. Traditionally the Wands represent fire, inspiration, spirituality, action, initiative, and the psyche. The Swords signify air, determination, strength, faith and conquering of fear. The Cups symbolize water, emotions, purity, and your outlook towards life and the future. Finally, the Pentacles denote finances, social influence, worldly knowledge, and your connection with nature and earth. Consider these general meanings of the Major and Minor Arcana and the four Tarot suits, as well as the individual meanings of the cards.... tarot dream meaning

The Minor Arcana

Wands

  • Ace: New starts, new business idea, rush of energy.
  • Two: Planning for the future, anxiety, working partnership.
  • Three: Business success, leading a group.
  • Four: House move, success.
  • Five: Trouble and strife, especially petty fighting.
  • Six: Public success, recognition.
  • Seven: Fighting for your vision, competition.
  • Eight: Communications, quick movement.
  • Nine: Last-minute problems, self-protection.
  • Ten: Success which brings many burdens.
  • Page: News of work or business, new interests.
  • Knight: Travel and action, a red or fair-haired youth.
  • Queen: A business-like or active woman, a red or fair-haired woman.
  • King: An active and influential man, a red or fair-haired man.

Cups

  • Ace: A message of love, the start of a romance, doing something for love, creativity.
  • Two: A happy relationship or partnership.
  • Three: Partying and celebrating.
  • Four: Boredom and apathy, the grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence.
  • Five: Depression and regret.
  • Six: Simple joys, something or someone from the past.
  • Seven: Confusion, too many choices, dreams and illusions.
  • Eight: Leaving something behind, change of lifestyle.
  • Nine: Dreams come true.
  • Ten: Good luck and happiness, satisfaction.
  • Page: A new friendship, news of something or someone dear to your heart.
  • Knight: A proposal or invitation, a good-natured, brown-haired youth with light eyes.
  • Queen: An intuitive woman, a kindly brown-haired woman with light eyes.
  • King: A gentle man, a healer, a good advisor, a good-natured, brown-haired man with light eyes.

Suit of Swords

  • Ace: Crisis point, success through difficulties.
  • Two: Sitting on the fence, balance, waiting.
  • Three: Anxiety, unhappiness, separation.
  • Four: Rest, hospital, withdrawal.
  • Five: Fighting for the wrong things, arguments, being forced to recognize your limitations.
  • Six: Moving away from troubles.
  • Seven: Deception, theft, non-confrontation.
  • Eight: Feeling trapped, standstill, restrictions.
  • Nine: Anxiety, worries, mental anguish.
  • Ten: Misfortune and endings, failure.
  • Page: Spying, email or telephone call, brash new idea.
  • Knight: Upsetting changes, arguments, a dark-haired youth with gray eyes.
  • Queen: A widow, an unscrupulous woman, a dark-haired woman with gray eyes.
  • King: An ambitious and authoritative man, a lawyer or doctor, a dark-haired man with gray eyes.

Pentacles/Coins

  • Ace: Money and security, health.
  • Two: Juggling time and money, cautiousness.
  • Three: New job or work, success in work.
  • Four: Success but unwillingness to move forward or change.
  • Five: Ill health, financial losses, loss of self-esteem.
  • Six: Receiving and giving help, financial or otherwise.
  • Seven: Making adjustments in your plans and being prepared to do the hard work.
  • Eight: New job, studies, working with a hobby.
  • Nine: Success from your own efforts, security.
  • Ten: Money and property, the countryside, inheritance.
  • Page: News about money or a job, study for a job.
  • Knight: Cautious person working towards a goal, a dark-haired youth with dark eyes.
  • Queen: Self-confident and practical woman, a dark-haired woman with dark eyes.
  • King: An honest and practical man, a dark-haired man with dark eyes.
... the minor arcana dream meaning