An empty crossroads on a heath at night, a leaning signpost and poppy heads in the verge.

Cups · IV

Four of Cups

Lord of Blended Pleasure

The face of Four of Cups, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Blended Pleasure.

Comfort has dulled into numbness. A new cup is being offered; look up.

Upright

Apathy, contemplation and missed offers. Something is being offered while you look away.

Reversed

Waking up, accepting the offer or a new awareness.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Stolas by day teaches the stars; Andromalius by night returns what was stolen. Ask what you have stopped noticing.

Where the card sits

Correspondences

DecanMoon in Cancer, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeChesed in Briah
Governing angelsHaiaiel by day, Mumiah by night
Image of the decanA hunter with lance and horn, bringing out the hounds.
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Day spiritStolas, prince
The seal of Stolas

Appears as a mighty raven, then a man. Teaches astronomy and the virtues of herbs and precious stones. Goetia 36.

Night spiritAndromalius, earl
The seal of Andromalius

Appears as a man holding a great serpent. Returns thieves and stolen goods, uncovers hidden dealings and punishes wrongdoing. Goetia 72.

Four of Cups in the guidebookAll seventy-eight cards

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Notes on sources

The meanings, the questions and the correspondences are the guidebook’s own. The paths, letters and astrology follow the Golden Dawn’s attributions; the angels are the Shem ha-Mephorash, as the deck gives them; the spirits, shown only when you ask for them, are the seventy-two of the Goetia. Where each comes from, and what is old and what is modern, is set out in the guidebook’s Notes on sources and seals.