Are You Suffering from a Yearning to Return?

“The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”
~ Milan Kundera, Ignorance

The 6 of Cups is traditionally seen as a card of nostalgia and often foretells of the Seeker being reunited with someone from their past. Reminiscing about the past and being reunited with a past friend, lost family member or a lover gone AWOL can be a wonderful thing but being lost in memories about the past and wishing for those times to return could prevent the Seer from living fully in the now.

This is why I often see this card as an indication for a need to cut cords with a person from one’s past and also, sometimes, with the power of the memory itself. It could mean it is time to make a declaration of intent to move on and to consciously choose to redirect one’s focus more to the present and to make plans for the future.

In terms of Astrology this is Sun in Scorpio (Fixed Water) and as you know, the ego-personality (Sun) often finds it difficult to let go of memories of an intensely emotional nature (Scorpio). This card’s energy often surfaces during the Venus retrograde (which we happen to be in at the time of writing this). Whatever we then choose to do with this energy often has a lasting impact, so be careful to choose a direction which makes it possible to keep growing, lest you find yourself stuck in a very old pattern.

Affirmation: “I choose to remain open to the possibility that the best is yet to come.”

6 of Cups Prayer

Dear Mother-Father God (or whichever higher power you acknowledge), thank you for intensely emotional memories. May only those that bring us joy linger and may those that bring regret depart. So mote it be! (listen to prayer on Instagram)

Correspondences for the 6 of Cups

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Planet: Sun

Archangel: Azrael (Angel of Scorpio) and Michael (Ruler of the Sun)

Gemstone: Ametrine

Scent: Orange

Deck used: The Tarot Illuminati

Blessed be!

Lisa