The Empress and Three of Cups

Warmth and celebration together, one of the most generous pairings in the deck. The Empress is nourishment and plenty; the Three of Cups is friends with their cups raised. The tradition reads the pair as a genuinely good period with other people in it, and does not attach a caution.

Associated with a relationship flourishing in company rather than in private. Read as happy and as sociable.

A team in a fertile stretch. Frequently read where the work and the people are both going well, which is rarer than either alone.

Both cards give and neither counts. The pairing is worth reading as permission to enjoy something without immediately securing it.