Pamela Colman Smith · RWS deck
The Minor Arcana
Page of Cups
Nefesh in Briah
- Suit
- cups
- Rank
- Page
- World
- Briah
- Soul level
- Nefesh
- Position
- Up 2
Nefesh, the living body-soul
Nefesh is the soul as it animates the body: appetite, instinct, energy and the drive to stay alive. A Page is that level at work in one world. The Page of Pentacles is at home. The other three reach upward, one, two and three worlds from home.
Upright
Flowing. The thirst beneath creativity: longing felt before it has a form or a name. The body is reaching into the world of creation, and what it feels is a pull toward making something, with nothing yet to make.
Misdirected. Longing that never becomes making, or mood standing in for identity.
Reversed
Blocked. The longing cannot be felt, or is refused.
Flooded. Mood swamps everything else.
The image
A young man in a tunic patterned with flowers stands by the sea, holding out a cup. A small fish leans out of it and looks back at him. He seems more surprised than alarmed.
Learn how to read Page of Cups in a spread
This page shows you what Page of Cups means. Knowing how to read it — how it shifts next to the other cards, what the reversal is really telling you, and how to turn a spread into a clear answer — is what the RWS Decoded course and book teach, card by card.
