Appearance of Cups in a rainbow; it is contemplated in wonder and ecstacy by a man and woman below, evidently husband and wife. His right arm is about her; his left is raised upward; she raises her right arm. The two children dancing near them have not observed the prodigy but are happy after their own manner. There is a home-scene beyond.
the plate, in waite's words · the painted card will hang here in time
In divination
Contentment, repose of the entire heart; the perfection of that state; also perfection of human love and friendship; if with several picture-cards, a person who is taking charge of the Querent's interests; also the town, village or country inhabited by the Querent.
Reversed:Repose of the false heart, indignation, violence.
The library's note
A rainbow of cups arches over a husband and wife who gaze up in wonder, his arm around her, both arms lifted, while two children dance nearby without noticing the marvel at all. Waite reads the scene as the heart's full repose, "the perfection of that state," "perfection of human love and friendship," a home implied in the background the children have already made their own. Cups closes its pip run here on a completion unlike wands' burden or swords' extremity, water finally still rather than spent.
a young page · the keeper's voice pass on the note is still to come