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Knight of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Knight of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of romantic offer, following the heart, charm; reversed, of unrealistic, moodiness. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Knight of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWater

Upright meaning

“Arrival, approach--sometimes that of a messenger; advances, proposition, demeanour, invitation, incitement”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: romantic offer, following the heart, charm, idealism.

Reversed meaning

“Trickery, artifice, subtlety, swindling, duplicity, fraud”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: unrealistic, moodiness, emotional manipulation.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): the extraverted function (Knight) — pursuit, the quest psyche.

Astrology

The fiery aspect of Water; court of the water triplicity (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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