The Ten of Cups is contentment and love from a very deep level, radiating out each of us, to all that we encounter. This tarot card brings only happiness - a shared happiness being experienced within ourselves and shinning out to all.

The suit of cups is about feelings and emotions. Cups inspire imagination, love, intuitiveness, creativity, openness, giving and receiving. Tens represent the collective experiences that we have while we travel through each suit, starting with the Ace. The number ten is the essence of each suit's combined experience. The number ten is completion as well as a beginning into new realms of growth and discovery. Tens are the temporary ground were we play or contemplate before we move to the next spiral of adventure. Tens are transformative. They bring us to a place of deeper understanding of how we reached our new plateau and how those experiences relate to the whole picture of our life and universe.

With the Ten of Cups you have learned how the feelings and acts of love can heal and fulfill,or, how love can deeply hurt - how love can open our hearts to embrace life from a more holistic perspective and how the many deep levels of our being can be activated. The Ten of Cups is about living life passionately with wisdom and love in balance and then translating that passion into our daily activities in our lives. Its about wanting to share the all good things that we have with others. The surge of unconditional love springs forth with the Ten of Cups.

The Ten of Cups is the balancing of the masculine and the feminine internally and living that marriage spiritually and outwardly. The Ten of Cups is motivated by deep love. It is as if our love is overflowing from deep inside through our hearts and out to all who wish to receive it.

With the Ten of Cups there is celebration of life and all the wonderful aspects of the "suit of cups" are totally complimented. Harmony and love are abound. Strong family ties, strong and loving friendships, deep sharing with those around you are all reflections of the Ten of Cups. You feel very blessed and you truly feel like celebrating life. Enjoying your loved ones and friends, sharing your joy, being in harmony with nature and those around you are all aspects of the Ten of Cups. The Ten of Cups is about connecting to what is beyond our individual love and desires, its about transforming our individual love and desires into a greater experience. The rainbow in this cards image shows where the gateway of love can take us. The cups in the rainbow represent fulfillment and happiness it brings.

When the Ten of Cups shines your way, you want celebrate all the goodness and love in your life. Dance, sing and laugh. Enjoy the company of friends and family. Involve yourself with community activities. Share your emotional and material wealth with those less fortunate. Enjoy people and life. Enjoy the experience of giving and receiving. Be thankful for what goodness abounds in your life, with friends, family, home and our beautiful environment. Honor and hold each one as a precious and sacred jewel. The moment is now and now is forever changing. Happy and Loving Holidays to you all.

Light to your Spirit!
Cathy McClelland

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