Card 47 • cups

Knight of Cups

Brief Description

The Knight of Cups heralds romantic news and represents a sensitive, poetic person inclined toward extravagant displays of affection. It can indicate that you will receive a message or token of romantic intention. However, this energy may lack realism or maturity, and the card in reverse warns against being swayed by flattery, empty gestures, and idealizing partners. Reversed, it cautions against pretension, unrealistic expectations, and emotional volatility.

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Card Name

Knight of Cups

Poem

I'll win your heart and cut down your foes... but whether it's for you or for me nobody really knows.

Meaning

The Knight of Cups is a harbinger of romantic tidings. If the Knight represents a person, it is a sensitive and poetic individual with a flair for extravagant displays of affection. The Knight could also indicate that you will soon receive a message or token of romantic intention.

Meaning (Reversed)

However, like most romantics, the Knight may not always be the most realistic or even mature person. As such, in its reversed position, the card warns against being too influenced by flattery and empty gestures and putting partners on a pedestal.

Upright keywords

a younger person with a masculine energy who is either a Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio, Prince/Princess, charming, a white knight, a romantic

Reversed keywords

a dandy, all show no follow through, pretentious, overly flirtatious, promiscuous, someone prone to jealousy or moodiness, unrealistic expectations

Visual Description

An elegant knight in ornate silver-and-gold armor rides a pale white horse and holds a gilded chalice aloft toward a luminous moonlike disk. At the horse’s feet and in the foreground, rippling water, reeds, and the scaled head of a dragonlike or fishlike creature emerge from blue-green waves. The palette is dreamy — purples, teals and golds — with decorative armor, flowing capes and a sense of gentle motion through water and sky.

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