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With regard to memories, the Nine of Cups resembles a certain, often illusory, ideal of perception.
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For instance, certain lines from A.S. Pushkin's poem "I remember a wonderful moment …" 234vividly illustrate the Nine of Cups.
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The wife goes off on a business trip. The husband and cat stay at home.
Day One:
The cat goes up to its feed bowl:
– Yuuuuuuuck… buckwheat…
It snorts and refuses to eat.
Comes up the day next:
– Yuck-yuck-yuck… yesterday's buckwheat…
Jerks its tail indignantly and leaves.
On the third day:
– Yum! Buckwheat!!!
And quickly devours everything without a trace.
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"Tens", according to the Kabbalah, are transformation, metamorphosis, transition to a new state.
Cups (Hearts) are emotions, feelings, memories.
So, the Ten of Cups is a transformation, metamorphosis, transition to a new state of feelings, emotions, memories.
For example, this corresponds to expressions such as "to be reborn", "to become a different person", "spiritual rebirth".
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Fig. 2.10.1 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Meditation, yoga, prayer as a process of spiritual transformation. 235
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Fig. 2.10.2 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Prayer. "To be born in the spirit".236
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Fig. 2.10.3 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. "To become a different person".237
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Fig. 2.10.4 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Prayer.238
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Fig. 2.10.5 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Communion as a means of spiritual transformation.239
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Fig. 2.10.6 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of perception into a new state. Initiation.240
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Fig. 2.10.7 Ten of Cups – transformation, metamorphosis, transition of feelings into a new state. "Polar Bear". "To become a different person".241