Knight of Cups
The Knight of Cups symbolizes romance, creativity, and artistic inspiration, encouraging the pursuit of heartfelt aspirations. This archetype is poetic and intuitive, seeking to express emotions and foster love while advancing creative endeavors guided by inner feeling. Drawing this card suggests embracing the heart's desires and actively working to bring one's vision to fruition. Reversed, it warns of being overly influenced by emotion, impulsiveness, or idealistic pursuits that cloud judgment and calls for clarity and balance before major decisions.
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Short Meaning
This card symbolizes love, fantasy, and artistic inspiration, frequently pointing to a period where one passionately follows their aspirations with heartfelt emotion.
Expanded Meaning
The Knight of Cups represents romance, creativity, and beauty. This archetype is poetic, intuitive, and deeply in touch with emotions. Viewing life through a romantic lens, the Knight seeks to foster love and fully express feelings. Drawing this card suggests the reader may be progressing with a creative endeavor they feel intuitively driven to pursue. They are embracing their heart's desires and actively working to bring their vision to fruition.
Reversed Meaning
When reversed, the Knight of Cups may indicate being overly influenced by emotions, leading to impulsiveness or idealistic pursuits without grounding. It suggests a potential imbalance where feelings may cloud judgment, urging the reader to seek clarity and balance before making significant decisions.
Visual Description
A graceful knight in blue armor rides a teal horse that seems to move with flowing, watery motion. The rider holds a golden goblet in one hand and wears a winged helmet; a red banner streams behind them. Swirling clouds, stylized waves and beams of light fill the sky, and cactus-like plants rise from the ground below. The card title 'Knight of Cups' appears at the bottom on a dark banner.
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