Okay, let’s talk about the 2 of Cups showing up in a reading I did recently.
I wasn’t really looking for anything specific, you know? Just doing my usual shuffling, trying to get a feel for the day ahead. Sometimes I do that, just pull a single card to see what vibe is floating around. Had a lot on my mind, mostly about this collaboration project I kicked off a few weeks back. Things felt… sticky. Not bad, just not flowing smoothly.
So, I shuffle, cut the deck, and pull. Boom. 2 of Cups.
My first thought? “Oh, great, the ‘love’ card.” Which, honestly, wasn’t really hitting the mark for me right then. My romantic life was stable, nothing dramatic happening there. So, I figured it couldn’t just be about that typical stuff.
Digging Into It
I just sat with it for a bit. Looked at the picture – the two figures, the exchange, the cups. It felt less about romance and more about… partnership. Like, a real meeting of equals. Balance. Sharing.
And it hit me. That sticky project collaboration. We weren’t really sharing the load or the vision properly. It was more like two people working side-by-side but not truly together. We were polite, yeah, but the connection, the actual teamwork, felt off.
- Lots of emailing back and forth.
- Not much real-time conversation.
- Kind of avoiding the tricky bits we disagreed on.
Seeing that card just laid it bare. It wasn’t about a lack of skill or effort. It was about the connection between us collaborators. It needed attention. Like, proper, sit-down-and-talk attention.
What Happened Next
So, later that day, I actually picked up the phone. Didn’t email. Called my collaborator. And I just said, “Hey, feel like we’re a bit out of sync? Maybe we should grab a coffee and really hash out the next steps, make sure we’re on the same page.”
It was a bit awkward at first, not gonna lie. But they agreed. We met up the next day. And yeah, we talked. Really talked. Laid out our concerns, our ideas, where we felt things were getting stuck. It wasn’t some magical fix, but it cleared the air. We adjusted how we were dividing tasks, set up regular check-ins – actual conversations, not just emails.
Things started flowing better almost immediately. Not perfect, projects never are, but the friction eased up. We were working together instead of just alongside each other.
So, yeah. The 2 of Cups. Didn’t predict some grand romance. It just pointed right at the partnership that needed work. Simple as that, really. Sometimes it’s not about complex meanings, just a nudge to look at how you’re connecting with people right in front of you.
