Minor Arcana, Cups
Ten of Cups
family, belonging, contentment, home
Upright
Two adults lift their arms to a rainbow of cups while two children dance by a small house. Waite reads contentment of the entire heart and the fullness of love and friendship.
Family comes in many shapes, and this card applies to any home or circle where people feel safe. For a decision about where to live or whom to build a life with, ask where you can rest. Spend time this week with those people.
Reversed
Reversed, the picture of peace may be only a picture. Waite writes of a false calm, indignation and violence.
A household that looks happy from outside can hold real anger. Talk about resentments before they harden. If anyone is being hurt or threatened, this is no matter for cards: contact a local support service, a doctor or the police, and put safety first.
A card is a prompt for reflection. It cannot promise a result, and it is no substitute for medical, legal or financial advice.
In Waite's words
Upright: 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.
From A. E. Waite, The Pictorial Key to the Tarot (1910), Part 3, on Wikisource. The meanings above are by Cast & Chart.
Card art by Pamela Colman Smith, 1909, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.