| Arcana | Minor |
| Suit | Cups |
| Element | Water |
| Attribution | Venus in Scorpio |
7 of Cups
Seven of Cups
In shortToo many options, most of them imaginary.
Upright
too many optionsfantasyillusionwishful thinkingchoice paralysis
You are looking at a fog of possibilities — daydreams, fantasies and genuine opportunities all presented in the same haze, so none of them can be properly judged. The card is not against dreaming. It is against mistaking the dream for a plan. One of these options is real.
Reversed
claritychoosing onedisillusionseeing through it
The fog clears. A choice gets made, an illusion gets seen through, or a fantasy loses its shine in a useful way. It is a relief, though sometimes a deflating one — the thing you wanted turns out to be ordinary.
In the pictureSeven cups float in a cloud, each holding something: a face, a shrouded glowing figure, a snake, a castle, jewels, a laurel wreath, a dragon. The dreamer is a black silhouette — he has no substance in this vision at all.
The turn
Eliminate five. Test the remaining two in the real world within a week.