The Three of Cups upright tarot means that we need to celebrate and enjoy life as much as we need to work and contribute to the greater good of society.
When we find balance and harmony, our soul can beam with joy.
The Three of Cups Upright
When self-help authors promote the enjoyment of life, it’s always for a good reason. They want us to shine as we were born to do! When we look at children, they inheritly shine with creativity and wander.

It’s here that we can find true connections. Whether that’s with ourselves our those who share this physical journey with us, we are able to find ourselves in a deeper level of consciosuness and existential growth.
Society has played down the need to celebrate. On the flip side, they promote that celebrations require substances like alcohol in order to ‘let the hair down’. Either of these are true! You can celebrate life any time that you desire, if you’ll simply open your mind to possibilities.
Card meaning
The three of cups upright is a ‘Yes’ tarot card. We’ve conducted our psychic reading using the Rider-Waite decks as we have with many other readings. What it means in a love reading is the spark of creativity and celebration which is sorely needed in your life.

We see here three young women who are enjoying a beautiful dance. They beam with joy and excitement together in a circle. We see their 3 cups being raised high in a toast of celebration.
This is further aided by the symbols surrounding them. Clearly there has been an abundant harvest recently as seen with the fruit and flowers. Everyone is in bliss and respect of their own emotional connection to source energy.
Of all the characteristic ways to enjoy such a harvest, indeed dancing has to be right up there. They have found their time to bask in the success of of their pursuits regardless of how small.
Your time together
There is nothing stopping you from enjoying the journey too. In this physical life experience, you are likely juggling many responsibilities. Parents know this feeling the most and cannot get away to ‘breathe’ even for just a few moments.
Through such celebration, our energy goes very high. We feel the illumination on our crown chakra as we can let go of such obligations and stresses, if only for some moments of peace and prosperity.
Finding time with others to experience such joy is wonderful for the body and spirit. Our chakras all harmonize into flow as we can flourish in the moment with those we dearly love and appreciate.
Now – you don’t need to party. Some of us are shy, reclusive and introverted creatures that prefer to hide away from the limelight. We can let the Instagrammers show off their intrinsic qualities.
For us, we might find our way to celebreate is to pursuit a creative endeavour in groups. Learn to paint. Learn a new language. Find a skill that you’ve always wanted to master. Even just go ten-pin bowling! No body gets sad at a bowling alley after all.
Shine with joy
We see yoga retreats as one such avenue that individuals love to venture down. It’s a chance to stop, pause and reflect while letting go of the constraints found in the body and mind. This could be very well the place where you might shine with joy.

Even with strangers around you, it’s these like-minded folk that you can count on for compassion and support when you’ve been overworked and underpaid for your duties. Birds of a feather flock together and you’ll need this time of celebration to bring peace to your heart and soul.
Life is a mixture of work and celebrations. You’ve done the work and now is your time to experience such joy!
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