Four of Cups

The Four of Cups comes in a reading to warn of self-indulgence. Specifically, an indulgence into pity and apathy. This card symbolizes the refusal to move and change the circumstances. In other words, you’re bored but you’re not gonna do anything about it except mope. You feel as if your reserves have run dry. If this is true, you should find relief in the fact that we’ve all been there—burnout is a normal part of modern-day life, especially if we try to place the value we have of ourselves into our work. “Wake up!” says the Four of Pentacles. You’re dozing off into a state of indifference. For someone who has the capacity for as much passion as you do, come back by giving appreciation for what you do have, even if it’s just the power to read these words.

Four of Cups Reversed

This is the card of someone who’s stuck in a negative trance. It’s the kind of card that appears for someone who works a job they hate, but they’re so used to the routine, they don’t even recognize anymore that they’re actually sad and normally are at any given time. You can recognize who or what this card represents if you pause on intellectualizing your emotions and just feel what you feel. If you break down crying for the sudden weight of it, that’s your source of the problem. It makes you feel lost and purposeless. Focus for now on your relationships. Ask real questions to get to know people. The universe may deliver you a hopeful message through their words. The first step is just opening your heart again. Afterwards you can make a plan to improve your situation.