After sitting in the uncertain and liminal in the Four of Cups, we move onto the Five of Cups to process whatever came up. This card seems to be perceived as a “negative” or dreaded one, as its themes are around grieving. Who wants to draw a card that confronts you with loss?

But the thing is, haven’t we all been grieving these past two years? For many of us, we’ve carried around grief constantly, long before the pandemic.