Ten of Cups

The card of the happy family. The Rider-Waite deck shows a couple with their arms around each other, staring at a beautiful rainbow filled with golden cups as their children play nearby. The Aquarian deck depicts a man and a woman looking at each other under a rainbow, which is coming out of a cup. I'm going to assume that this means they're gay for each other. It seems like a nice, harmonious card, perhaps representing fidelity or bliss. Judging from the artwork, it's probably the minor arcana equivalent of the Lovers.

Joy, peace, and family are the keywords for this card, so I was pretty much on the ball with equivocating it to the Lovers. But I think it's probably pretty close to the Ten of Pentacles, which is another domestic harmony sort of card, albeit more linked with achievement than inner peace. Maybe I'm hitting on a theme for the tens? It can be about calling a truce or making peace, representing an end to any hostility in one's life. It can also signal a time of blessing coming up, in which your ego is harmonizing with your id or something.

A time of blessing. Oh I fucking hope so. I applied at this dream of a bookstore today, so I hope the Ten of Cups is saying that the joy coming my way is getting this damn job. Oh I hope I hope.

I'll close with this, which is what I'm really interested in for this card:

"In readings, this card often signals a time of abundant blessings. It tells you that you can reach for the fulfillment you deserve, and it will come to you. Look for ways to realize joy and create peace. You may find the key to happiness in your family. Your family is the group of people you are attached to emotionally - for better or worse! If there is trouble in your family right now, work to restore harmony. The time is right for greater closeness."