Up: [[Cups]] Related: [[6 - Lovers]] Created: 2026-09-01 > [!leaf] In Brief > Deep connection to another, whether romantic or platonic, in mutual support and harmony. ![[2 of Cups White Sage.webp|200]] White Sage Tarot > [!leaf] What Matters The vast majority of tarot guidebooks emphasize love of another for this card — a best friend, a romantic union, a committed work partnership. There is an easy give and take between equals in harmonious union. A few tarot authors expand love beyond another individual to be love for a group, an activity, a purpose, or an idea. From the perspective of personal growth, the card can also be seen as a union of inner masculine and inner feminine so that you can express yourself more fully. > [!leaf] Connection to Other Cards There are obvious echoes to [[6 - Lovers]]. The difference is that Lovers is a [[Major Arcana]] so it provides life lessons alongside soul connection, whereas the 2 of Cups is a [[Minor Arcana]] so it is love as it sweetens everyday events. Rachel Pollack also suggests that if it’s a romantic love, the Lovers card represents an established relationship and the 2 of Cups a new one. > [!leaf] Actions to Take 1. Take the risk and be more vulnerable, more open and honest, in order to deepen your connection to another. 2. Attend to any connection that can bring union and harmony to your life. This connection might be a relationship, or it might be a neglected part of yourself. 3. Express compassion for a loved one’s pain, but be careful to not try to fix the problem. *Spiritual Tarot* points out that when we do this, we’re partly acting out of a desire to lessen the discomfort we are feeling. 4. If you are having a problem, pulling this card suggests you might want to invite someone’s guidance and support, on the theory that “two heads are better than one.” 5. Journal or freewrite responses to any of these questions or quotes: - With whom do I share a soul connection? - How do I nurture others? - What is keeping me from feeling secure and peaceful in an important relationship? - How are my inner [[Masculine Principle]] and [[Feminine Principle]] uniting and working together in my life? *Tarot for Your Self* > [!Orbit] Khalil Gibran > Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. > [!Orbit] [[Rumi]] > Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love. ![[2 of Cups RWS.webp|300]] Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) > [!leaf] Symbols Both cups are of equal size and value meaning a relationship of equals. *Spiritual Tarot* suggests that the woman’s blue clothing indicates emotion (water) and the man’s yellow clothing is action and logic. The caduceus of Hermes is taken to be a symbol of the healing power of relationships — both our inner relationship to our opposites of masculine and feminine, and our outer relationships to others. Normally the caduceus of Hermes has just wings at the top. The reason for the lion’s head has been interpreted variously as: alchemical symbol of transformation (*Tarot Wisdom*), sexual energy between two people (*Spiritual Tarot*), and the power of alliance (*Holistic Tarot*).