5 of Cups
The first decan of Scorpio, a decan ruled by Mars

 

Post at TabulaMundi.com - DECAN WALK: SCORPIO 1, FIVE OF CUPS – Part I – Tabula Mundi Tarot

 

Excerpt: "It's Mars all the way down here, plus some Pluto (Hades), if you include the modern ruler of Scorpio. A whole lot of fire and brimstone, and an underworld scene. The man (Mars) holds a lance (Mars) and a head (also Mars, if you consider his other sign, Aries). Here the waters of Scorpio are portrayed as a flaming river of the Underworld, with the man as a Charon figure wearing the robes of Death in a barge with Scorpionic and Martial elements. I've made the head a skull, all the more reminiscent of the Death card."

 

Part 2 DECAN WALK: SCORPIO 1, FIVE OF CUPS – Part II – Tabula Mundi Tarot

 

Telos Tarot of 777

 

Other related cards:

Death for Scorpio
The Tower for Mars
Prince of Cups (for the last decan of Libra and the first two decans of Scorpio)

Edited November 4, 2025Nov 4 by Rose Lalonde

A lot of the cards for this one still have a couple of upright cups. It makes me think of something I'm stealing from Crowley: When life has been easy, any disturbance of that is going to feel like 5C 'Disappointment'.  I could be disappointed a summer vacation is ending and it's back to normal life. Imagine if someone were a billionaire and lost a whopping 80% of their wealth. Then they'd only be a multi-millionaire 🤑, and I'm sure it would feel like a huge disappointment. But to most of us either number is like the Thoth 4 of Cups: 'Luxury'. 

 

I don't mean to downplay disappointment. We could be in a bad place already emotionally and then lose what little sense of well-being we felt we had.  In which case, it can be lonely and difficult to get through it. And then some.

 

But I like that this art isn't usually 5 Cups overturned -- not because 2 is more positive, but because having some up and some down is more interesting of an idea to me.

 

Edited November 1, 2025Nov 1 by Rose Lalonde