six of cups // creative prompts

hello, friends. we've been talking about the six of cups all month long, but today it's your turn to bring your magic, your heart, and your wisdom into this card.

i love sharing creative prompts each month because they encourage you to truly personalize your tarot practice. keywords and correspondences and standardized definitions for the cards can be a great starting point, but in my experience, a tarot practice really starts to feel grounded and powerful when we let it become personal — when we bring our own stories, our own messiness, our own humanity and our own experiences into our translations.

these prompts are designed for you to engage with, on your own or with your tarot friends. use them as journaling prompts, conversation starters, tarot spreads, worldbuilding ideas, character creators, or anything else you want. the sky is the limit — get weird, get silly, have some fun, and make it real.

(and — if these kinds of prompts are really helpful for you, you'll probably love my card connections series within my signature membership program. learn more here.)

grab your tarot grimoire and let's talk about the six of cups.

what does the six of cups bring up for you when you look at it? how do you feel, what do you notice first, what comes to mind? do you have any specific associations with this card, and where did they come from? which keywords, correspondences, or definitions feel resonant for you?

how often do you pull this card in readings, if ever? is it one you've spent a lot of time with, or one that feels more out of reach or unknown to you? if this card trips you up, what feels sticky or hard to access for you?

what do you love about this card? what about it might feel good, welcoming, warm, soft, gentle, encouraging? and what do you find difficult or more challenging about this card? where does it push you, pressure you, confuse you?

if this card was a person, who would they be? are there any characters from film, television, or written media that this card reminds you of? what is the six of cups' theme song? what does this card sound like, feel like, smell like, taste like? if you imagine the six of cups moving through space, how do they move? do they dance, frolic, prance? do they slide, crawl, skip?

if this card was an environment or a place, what would it feel like to walk into it? how does being in this space feel physically, spiritually, emotionally, intellectually? what does a place like this offer to you, and when do you want to go here? how often would you want to visit the six of cups if it was a place you could get to easily?

what does nostalgia mean to you? is thinking about your own history, your own past, your own childhood, a comforting experience? what happy memories do you have from your own lifetime, and which ones might feel good to associate with this card?

what do you love about your present day, your current life? what heartbreaks or griefs have you moved through to get to where you are? when do you feel joy, playfulness, or contentment in your daily life?

and finally — what medicine might this card have to offer you right now? how might the six of cups support your relationships, your dreams, your emotions, your intuition, your everyday efforts? what might working with this card bring you, or empower you to do next?

i'll be back soon with our july essay on the seven of cups — but for now, i'm sending you joy, connection, magic, and play. be safe, stay true, and i'm sending you so much love.