Five of Cups

Upright

grief · loss · what remains

Real loss, honestly felt — and two cups still upright behind you when you turn.

Reversed

moving on · wallowing · delayed mourning

Grief loosening its hold, or being postponed until it can be felt properly.

Why this astrology

The pips two through ten map onto the thirty-six decans, ten degrees of the zodiac each, so Five of Cups is mars in scorpio · first decan — a planet working through a particular third of a sign. Aces are the root of their element and the courts carry it as temperament.