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

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Ten of Cups

Lord of Perfected Success

The face of Ten of Cups, engraved in gold on black, with its title, Lord of Perfected Success.

The bonds you tend are the real treasure. Lasting happiness lives there.

Upright

Emotional fulfilment, family harmony and lasting happiness.

Reversed

Family tension or a picture-perfect life that hides strain.

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The spirit work

In the Goetia, Naberius restores lost honour by day; Vapula teaches crafts and philosophy by night. Good for blessing a home.

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Correspondences

DecanMars in Pisces, 20° to 30°, the third face
Tree of LifeMalkuth in Briah
Governing angelsAsaliah by day, Mihael by night
Image of the decanA naked youth beside a maid crowned with flowers.
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Day spiritNaberius, marquis
The seal of Naberius

Appears as a black crane fluttering about the circle, speaking hoarsely. Teaches all arts, especially rhetoric, and restores lost honour. Goetia 24.

Night spiritVapula, duke
The seal of Vapula

Appears as a lion with gryphon wings. Teaches all handicrafts, professions and philosophy. Goetia 60.

Ten 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.