Knight of Cups upright
Slow, deliberate, more elegant than the Knight of Wands. He approaches with the cup carefully held, an offering rather than a charge.
Make the gesture. The Knight of Cups is the card of the heart-led proposal - romantic, artistic, or just kind. Sincerity is its currency.
Knight of Cups reversed
Reversed, the gesture is hollow or self-serving. Performance dressed up as feeling.
Keywords
- romantic offer
- sincerity
- approach
- creativity
- heart-led action
Where this reading comes from
Meaning authored from the Rider-Waite-Smith reader tradition rather than copied from any single modern source.
Common questions
- What does Knight of Cups mean?
- Knight with cup outstretched - the offer made earnestly. Slow, deliberate, more elegant than the Knight of Wands. He approaches with the cup carefully held, an offering rather than a charge.
- What does Knight of Cups mean reversed?
- Reversed, the gesture is hollow or self-serving. Performance dressed up as feeling.
- Is Knight of Cups a good card to draw?
- Knight of Cups belongs to the cups suit, which deals with feeling, relationship and attachment. No card is simply good or bad; what it means depends on the question and where it lands in the spread.
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