Five of Cups
A focus on past losses blinds the figure to the remaining hope and support.
grieflossregretdisappointmentemotional turning point
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3 secrets of resilient people
Lucy Hone
201916 min
“This talk starts in devastation — the sudden death of Hone’s daughter — and stays honest about the abyss before offering grounded, non-spiritualized resilience practices.”
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Five of Cups resonance:
Standing in irreversible loss
Allowing sorrow to coexist with agency
Choosing where attention rests (the overturned cups and the ones left standing)
Moving from paralysis toward grounded participation in life
This is the Five of Cups mid-turn: not yet healed, but no longer collapsed.
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