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The Ten of Cups card is the highest expression of harmonious harmony, deep, happy love. It shows that we feel safe and protected that our feelings are real and we are not victims of deception or illusion. It represents a friendly basic mood, good neighborly relations, love and joy in relations with us, gratitude and happiness with our partner and in family relationships.

TEN OF CUPS : SATIETY

These cards are attributed to Malkuth. Here is the end of all energy; it is away from the “formative world” altogether, where things are elastic. There is now no planetary attribution to consider. So far as the Sephira is concerned, it is right down in the world of Assiah. By the mere fact of having devised four elements, the current has derogated from the original perfection. The Tens are a warning; see whither it leads-to take the first wrong step!

The Ten of Cups is called Satiety. Its attribution is Mars in Pisces. The watery sign has sunk into a stagnant dream, but in it broods and breeds the violent quality of Mars, to putrefy it. As it is written: “Until a dart strike through his liver.” The pursuit of pleasure has been crowned with perfect success; and constantly it is discovered that, having got everything that one wanted, one did not want it after all; now one must pay.

This card represents a conflicting element. On the one hand, it receives the influence of the Ten, Malkah the Virgin. The arrangement of the cups is that of the Tree of Life. But, on the other hand, they are themselves unstable. They are tilted; they spill the water from the great Lotus which overhangs the whole system from one into the other.

The work proper to water is complete: and disturbance is due.

This comes from the influence of Mars in Pisces. Mars is the gross, violent and disruptive force which inevitably attacks every supposed perfection. His energy displays the greatest possible contrast with that of Pisces, which is both peaceful and spiritualized.

THE TEN OF CUPS - SATIETY

Astrology: Mars in the 3. decan of Pisces Tree of Life: Malkuth through Water

With the Ten of Cups, the suit has completed the journey from the seeds of the Ace to the final goal of Malkuth, root and origin of the element. All enegergies are ending, the have found their fixed forms. The waters are resting now in their final grounds. 

Yet the Ten is not the end of a line, but the end of a circle - the cross sum of 10 is 1 and there we are at the Ace again. After all the ups and downs of the journey, we find ourself at its beginning, and it is up to us wether we use our experiences or not.

Drive: Seeking for inner completition and fulfilment, kindness, generosity 

Light: Optimism, selfconsciousness, love combining all the elements of spirit and body 

Shadow: Sentmentality, inner emptiness, debauchery, wantonness, waste

THE TEN OF CUPS - SATISFACTION - Jupiter - Moon - Marriage

Keywords: Mars in Pisces, satisfaction, fulfillment, radiation, gratitude

Advice: Let things change by themselves. Everything happens to you at the right moment.

Question: What does satisfaction mean to you in this situation?

Suggestion: Relax, close your eyes and breathe deeply, calmly. Let them come up with an image that shows you in a state of complete fulfillment. Repeat this exercise often and relate this feeling more and more to your own reality.

Revelation: Life gives me everything I need to be happy.

Analogies:

Ji-Ching: 37. Chia Jen (The Big Family)

Mythology: The Married (Kadmos and Harmony)

Keywords: safety, blissful closeness, harmonious harmony, deep love

The family is not without rawness, but emotions hold it together.

TEN OF CUPS

General Meaning

The Ten of this suit traditionally signifies family and community, often showing a celebratory scene including many generations, crowned by a rainbow signifying the end of hard times.

See this vision — love and support extending in all directions — a huge emotional safety net for everyone.

In the Reversed Position

The Ten of Cups reversed suggests that a group's collective good will is damaged and its safety net is fraying. Personal judgments and rejection abound. Things are being said and done that will be regretted later.

Someone has to make the first move in a more positive direction, leaving judgment and criticism behind. Mediation is called for in order to re-establish some mutual trust and support. This person will provide an example for others to follow — or the team endeavor will dissolve. The storm which precedes the rainbow is not yet over.

In the Advice Positon

With the Ten of Cups in this position, prioritize teamwork over your personal goals. Everyone needs to feel they made a contribution. The crew needs to feel they are all in this together, and everyone needs to be rewarded when the ship comes in.

It's essential to follow a teamwork approach in order to maximize the benefits for yourself. The good will that will emerge from such an approach will last long after the project is over. You will be generously rewarded later if you take a selfless approach at this time.

Read more:

• » The Book of Thoth - A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians by Aleister Crowley.
• » Liber LXXVIII - On the Tarot - A complete treatise on the Tarot giving the correct designs of the cards with their attributions and symbolic meanings on all planes. - A description of the Cards of the Tarot, with their attributions, including a method of divination by their use.
• » Manuscript N - The Tarot - A Golden Dawn Manuscript - A Theoricus Adeptus Minor Paper.