Book of Trades Tarot (Jost Amman 1588): Four of Beer Cups
For the purposes of this divination, the suit of Beer Cups corresponds to the suit of Cups, or the playing card suit of Hearts. This suit represents the element Water, and the social class of Clergy. Beer Cups are considered a Feminine suit. Beer Cups typically represent emotions, love, and spiritual beliefs.
The Fours typically concern consolidation, stability, peacefulness, harmony, completion, perfection, and family. Four can also represent not sharing, selfishness, cliques, self-involvement, and a lack of concern or acknowledgment of others.
Meditation. Contemplation. Apathy. Re-evaluation.
The Four of Beer Cups represents a period of self-reflection and inaction and/or quiet deliberation or contemplation. It can indicate stability or completeness, but can also indicate that the questioner is trapped or locked in. The questioner is advised to open themselves to new possibilities.
Reversed Meaning: Boredom. Missed opportunity. Being aloof.
This card can indicate stagnation or a feeling of being bored or trapped. The questioner may also be being pushed into a bad situation or forced to do something that seems undesirable to them. This card can also predict that the questioner might have to undergo a time of tribulation and/or force him to self-reflect or self-sacrifice.