![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The rat is guarding what he has, unwilling to open himself to other possibilities, keeping himself focused on his own emotional landscape.īut in another view, emotional withdrawal does not have to indicate a negative form of apathy. In some circumstances, selfishness is merely… selfish. That being said, there are two ways to look at selfishness, and we can use both of these as a lens for interpreting this card. It certainly conveys the keywords given by the deck creator (selfishness and greed) but to me, it doesn’t open up as many complexities as the Waite-Smith tarot depiction of the Four of Cups. I wouldn’t be writing about each card individually if I didn’t! But this is one of the cards in the deck that baffles me more than others. Now, an aside: clearly, I adore the Wild Unknown. The rat doesn’t have his eye on the illuminated world though – his focus is on the underbelly. But the bright white light of the moon spans the top half of the card. The bottom of the card is dark, giving the impression that the rat is in some lower dwelling, perhaps a sewer or a hole. This rat sure looks like he’s trying to hoard these cups to himself. ![]() Rats are often associated with being sneaky and generally icky. Four cups line the bottom of the card, and a rat has himself sprawled out over the whole shebang. We go from the landscaped colors of the previous card to a monotone scene. Four of Cups Tarot Card Meanings in the Wild Unknown ![]()
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