- Arcana
- Minor · ace of cups
- Correspondence
- The root of water
- Element
- Water
Ace of Cups
The root of water
Upright
opening heart · offer · new feeling
The root of water: a feeling offered, freely and without terms. Accepting it is the move.
Reversed
closed off · spilled · unspoken love
The cup held back or knocked over — tenderness present but not allowed through.
Why this astrology
The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Ace of Cups is the root of water — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.