From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Five of Cups
Meanings
Hope abandoned. Cynical dismissal of life’s gifts. Contempt for love and romance. Pessimism is a self-fulfilling desire. Some cups have been tried and discarded, some not even touched.
Reversed (?)
Hope renewed. A bridge crossed, a journey started toward a more positive future. Much work is needed to repair your damaged psyche, but the decision that you want to heal is the most important step.
Description
A stern-looking mature man in a black satin robe stands in a blue room, holding a handkerchief. Beside him on one side is a plain wooden bench with three cups lying on their side. On the other side in a carved, gilded table with two upright cups. Behind him is a window and in the distance, a landscape with a river crossed by a bridge.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych, c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- River ruins: PATENIER, Joachim, Baptism of Christ, 1515-23, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
- Bridge: ASSELYN, Jan, Italian Landscape with the Ruins of a Roman Bridge and Aqueduct, 1600s, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Wall, window: WEYDEN, Rogier van der, St Ivo, c.1450, National Gallery, London.
- Wall texture: WEYDEN, Rogier van der, Portrait of Philip the Good, c.1450, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon.
- Man: DYCK, Sir Anthony van, Portrait of Antonio de Tassis, 1634, Liechtenstein Museum.
- Handkerchief: HEDA, Willem Claesz, Still Life, 1651, Collection of the Prince of Lichtenstein, Vaduz.
- Plain table: METSU, Gabriel, The Cat's Breakfast, aka Woman Eating, c.1662-65, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
- Carved table: CORTONA, Pietro da, Marcello Sacchetti, c.1626, Galleria Borghese, Rome.
He has a hankerchief instead of a book. I liked the book symbol better.
Well, I guess *someone's* got to wipe up that mess...;-)