At first sight we can see that some sort of party is going on. This card has almost no background motifs, which suggests that a sense of frivolity and superficiality is present. The three figures are celebrating, while on the ground we can see fruit lying around, an obvious indication of the fertility and progress connected with this card. Unlike the previous card, the Two of Cups, which is more about a pair of people, this card is about a group of people and the power of the group. A group can help an individual in many aspects of life, but on the other hand every individual needs to preserve his individuality, not succumb to the herd mentality and not indulge in superficial relationships based on self-interest.
On the card
Three young women dance in a circle in an open field, each raising a cup high in a toast. They wear flowing robes in different colours and garlands of flowers or fruit on their heads. Their arms reach towards one another, so that the three cups meet in the air above them. At their feet lie the fruits of the harvest: grapes, gourds and other produce, spread over the ground among the leaves.
This is a picture of celebration after the work is done. The harvest has been gathered, and now there is time to enjoy it together. The circle of the three women has no beginning and no end; each supports the others, and none of them stands above the rest. The raised cups are a shared toast, a moment of gratitude and joy that belongs to the whole group rather than to one person. The number three often stands for growth and for something new born from union, and here that growth is shown in the abundance at their feet. The open sky and the absence of any buildings give the scene a light, carefree air.
Upright
Sense of community, happy times, compromise, fertility, abundance, creativity, achieving a common goal, celebration. If paired with The Empress, all indications are multiplied.
Reversed
Self-indulgence, fatigue, isolation, superficiality.