Knight of Cups Upright: Artistry and Romance
The upright Knight of Cups may represent a young, creative man with charm and imagination. His character shows taste, artistic talent, and a romantic inclination.
Knight of Cups Reversed: Showmanship and Emotionality
The reversed Knight of Cups may represent a young, creative man who shows off or adopts a theatrical manner. His emotional character may feature in the querent’s challenge.
In psychological Tarot readings, the court cards represent people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The Knight of Cups may represent a young, creative, charming, imaginative man: tasteful or show-off, artistic or theatrical, romantic or emotional.
About the Court Cards
The four levels of human expression apply to the court cards, too. Wand court cards portray willful people with strong intent and/or a spiritual inclination. Cup court cards represent creative, passionate, and romantic people with cultivated feelings. Sword court cards illustrate intelligent, discerning, and analytical people. Pentacle court cards personify practical, down-to-earth, realistic people.
Each Enlightenment Tarot court card displays a set of human character traits to ease the recognition of the people involved in the querent’s challenge.
The court cards correspond to the four astrological quarters:
Wands/fire: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius
Cups/water: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces
Swords/air: Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius
Pentacles/earth: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn
The querent may identify the people involved in her challenge by considering their sun sign. But she needs to take this with a grain of salt, since the ascendant and the Chinese signs play a role, too.
Explore all 78 cards and their meanings in the Tarot Map.