Five of Cups

Upright

Grieving what spilled while two cups still stand behind you. The loss is real; so is what remains — and you can't see it yet.

Reversed

Turning around. Beginning to count what's still standing.

Its element

Water — feeling, attachment, grief, the things that move you whether or not you approve. Water finds the low ground every time.

Mars in Scorpio — the specific weather this card sits in.

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