Three of Cups
Meanings
A time to rejoice.
Celebration of success, a recovery from illness or
misfortune. Fellowship, a supportive network of peers.
Collaboration toward a common goal without the need
for leadership.
Reversed
Friendships fractured.
Rivalry, jealousy, petty fights. Dissatisfaction with
one’s circle of friends and family, a need to assert
independence.
Description
Three young women wearing sumptuous clothing each
hold a golden cup. They are surrounded by cascading
silk curtains, as though they've retired to a boudoir
for a quiet drink at a party.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych,
c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Curtain: GREBBER, Pieter de, The Conferring of the
Sword on the Coat-of-Arms of Haarlem, 1630, Frans
Halsmuseum, Haarlem.
- Rear body: MEMLING, Hans, Triptych of the Family
Moreel, 1484, Groeninge Museum, Bruges.
- Rear face: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel, The Straw Hat,
c.1625, National Gallery, London
- Rear hair: MASSYS, Jan, Judith, 1600s, Koninklijk
Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp.
- Left hands: MEMLING, Hans, The Donne Triptych,
c.1475, National Gallery, London.
- Left dress: WEYDEN, Rogier van der, St Columba
Altarpiece, c.1455, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
- Left face: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel, The Drunken
Silenus, 1616-17, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
- Hat, dress: WEYDEN, Rogier van der, Braque Family
Triptych, c.1450, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
- Black blue cape: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel,
Annunciation, c.1628, Rubens House, Antwerp.
- Main face WEYDEN, Rogier van der, Lady Wearing a
Gauze Headdress, c.1445, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
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