The Card: Ace of Bowls

The Name: Cauldron

The Image: A cauldron sets in the grass, overflowing with food.

The Interpretation: The great cauldron represents the Mother, and all things arise therefrom. It is the original of the horn of plenty, and plenty is what you should expect now. Don't forget to share. As a person: Someone who is giving and generous to a fault; a mother. As a time: A time of fruitfulness and plenty; Thanksgiving. Reversed: You must be careful in your sharing—if you lose everything you won't be able to help anyone. Watch the outflow.

The Card: Two of Bowls

The Name: The Toast

The Image: In a room full of joyously drunk family, two young lovers reach across the table to clink cups together in a toast.

The Interpretation: Love is in the air, and it should be celebrated. As a person: someone who reciprocates your love. As a time: That brief magical moment when Everything Is Alright. Reversed: A breakup, or significant disagreement is happening. Watch it, or the wine you've been sharing will be dumped on the floor.

The Card: Three of Bowls

The Name: Passing the Bowl

The Image: Among a family, a bowl is passed from hand to hand, and food is shared.

The Interpretation: Share all you have with those you love and you'll wind up with more than you started with. As a person: Someone known for sharing. As a time: A time of family sharing. Reversed: Your generosity is misplaced. Reevaluate before you're leeched dry.

The Card: Four of Bowls

The Name: Table Setting

The Image: A child sets bowls at a table for a family meal.

The Interpretation: The focus here is on home life, and the little material things that make life worth living: family, feasting, friends, and a home that feels like home. As a person: Someone who makes people feel at home; A natural born host. As a time: A time of peace at home; Entertaining friends. Reversed: There is strife at home, and the rest of your problems need to wait until your base is straightened out.

The Card: Five of Bowls

The Name: Adding Herbs

The Image: Five witches create a healing potion by adding herbs into a steaming cauldron from five cups.

The Interpretation: Working together is its own reward. A developing sense of community grows naturally among people who work together, and that sense itself adds energy to the work at hand. As a person: Someone who is good at maintaining community; A healer; a witch. As a time: A time of working together. Reversed: Consider working alone for a while. The group is holding you back.

The Card: Six of Bowls

The Name: The Wedding

The Image: A full Pagan handfasting is performed before the whole village.

The Interpretation: A marriage, or indeed any relationship, is a cooperative effort between the parties involved. Nothing good, or indeed, nothing ill, can come from the union without both (or all) parties getting involved. As a person: Someone who worked hard for her relationship. As a time: Weddings; Any time when people are working together out of love to create something positive. Reversed: You can't put all the blame on the other person—it takes two to really foul things up.

The Card: Seven of Bowls

The Name: Sanctuary

The Image: In a room filled with the wounded and ill, seven women in robes circulate, offering healing waters from seven cups.

The Interpretation: Peace and healing are at hand. There is a person or place who can hide you from what's after you and tend your wounds. Let them. As a person: Someone with a healing or peace-giving touch; Someone who'll help you no matter what. As a time: After the battle; A time of rest after conflict; A time when it is necessary to just relax and focus on getting better. Reversed: Stop looking for help to come from the outside—get over it, and get back out there.

The Card: Eight of Bowls

The Name: Handshake

The Image: Two former rivals shake hands. A truce is formed.

The Interpretation: Emotion is reciprocated, and peace is restored, often through compromise. As a person: Someone who feels the same way you do. As a time: A time of peace-making and negotiation. Reversed: There is an apparent truce, but you'd better pay attention to any imbalance—one of you is going to have to compromise more than the other.

The Card: Nine of Bowls

The Name: Loss of Virginity

The Image: A youth reclines in the arms of an older woman. Each holds a cup of wine, and seven empty ones lie scattered on the floor.

The Interpretation: A new level of maturity is reached—not necessarily a loss of innocence. Sexual maturity includes an understanding of what it is to be a man, or to be a woman, or Berdache. Let each phase of your maturation pass in ritual and celebration. As a person: A teacher who leads one through initiation into a new maturity; An older or more experienced sex partner. As a time: A time of opening the eyes; Initiation; Loss of virginity. Reversed: There has been a corruption. Recognize it, heal it, and move on, else it may eat away your other advances.

The Card: Ten of Bowls

The Name: Yearning

The Image: A man, in the arms of another, is yearning to get away. He is "over it," and is ready to move on.

The Interpretation: It's time to move on, whether it's from the arms of a lover or from the safety of family or anything else that has become a comfortable habit. It need not be a difficult move, however. As a person: Someone who feels confined in his current situation. As a time: A time of departure. Reversed: You want to leave, but it's not time yet. Be patient.

The Card: Heir of Bowls

The Name: First Cup

The Image: A young man and a young woman each reach for the same cup, not realizing what they are doing. This is the moment of their first meeting.

The Interpretation: Often, in the realms of love, it is an accident that brings us to those whom we will love. Cease planning and searching, for it will come on its own. As a person: Someone just met who may become a lifemate. As a time: The moment of first meeting. Reversed: Stop waiting for the universe to throw you a lover and go out and meet people.

The Card: Champion of Bowls

The Name: Orpheus in the Underworld

The Image: Orpheus, Lyre in hand, navigates the tunnels of the underworld in search of his Beloved.

The Interpretation: Someone considers love worth fighting for, and is willing to got through any lengths to put things back the way the should be. As a person: This person who is doing the fighting. As a time: A time when everything seems wrong, but perhaps, with effort, it can be put back to right. Reversed: Give up, already, she's dead to you!

The Card: Consort of Bowls

The Name: Haephestus

The Image: Haephestus, the smokey husband of Aphrodite, toils at the forge, creating a lovely goblet.

The Interpretation: Sometimes love requires effort to build, and it often goes in unexpected directions! As a person: Someone who is good with his hands; someone who is loved despite being considered unattractive. As a time: A time to stop and work on a relationship. Reversed: Stop looking at your relationship as toil: sink in and enjoy it!

The Card: Monarch of Bowls

The Name: Aphrodite

The Image: The Goddess of Love stands naked in the sea foam and drinks from a cup the Nectar of the Gods.

The Interpretation: Love brings life, and the life filled with love is neverending. You are being offered love by the Universe, and you would do well to accept it gracefully, or the offer will be withdrawn. As a person: A matchmaker; The person who introduces two lovers; Anyone closely associated with Aphrodite. As a time: A time when love is sure, even if it is not yet visible; A time and place where people go to seek a mate. Reversed: You are missing an opportunity for love, and you should seek advice from someone you trust as to how to fix it.