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Cups · tarot

Knight of Cups

Arriving with the cup held out. Charming, sincere, and led entirely by feeling.

Fire of WaterUpright & reversedFree
KnightKnight of Cups. A winged-helmeted knight rides a walking white horse, holding a cup out before him, a river crossing the dry land ahead.Knight of CupsFire of Water
SuitCups · Water
RankKnight
Book T calls itFire of Water
ElementWater
What the card shows

A winged-helmeted knight rides a walking white horse, holding a cup out before him, a river crossing the dry land ahead.

Upright
the offerromancefollowing feeling

Arriving with the cup held out. Charming, sincere, and led entirely by feeling.

Reversed
moodyunrealisticempty charm

Beautiful words and no arrival, or a mood mistaken for a decision.

In love

The romantic gesture. Genuine, and not proof of much yet.

In work

Follow the work you actually care about — but check the numbers.

Where this card comes from

The Golden Dawn gave every card a planet, a sign or an element, and the Rider–Waite–Smith deck was drawn to that system. That zodiac is tropical. This site’s astrology is sidereal, roughly 24° away, so Knight of Cups being Fire of Water describes the card and not your chart.

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More from the Cups

the rest of the group
AceAce of Cups. A hand comes out of a cloud holding an overflowing cup, a dove descending into it with a wafer, five streams falling to a lily pond.Ace of Cupsthe root of WaterTwoTwo of Cups. A man and a woman face each other exchanging cups, a winged lion's head over a caduceus above them.Two of CupsVenus in Cancer · Karka 1st decanThreeThree of Cups. Three women raise their cups together in a circle among vines and fruit.Three of CupsMercury in Cancer · Karka 2nd decanFourFour of Cups. A young man sits under a tree with arms folded, ignoring a cup offered by a hand from a cloud, three cups already at his feet.Four of CupsMoon in Cancer · Karka 3rd decanFiveFive of Cups. A cloaked figure looks down at three spilled cups, not seeing the two still standing behind, with a bridge and a house across the river.Five of CupsMars in Scorpio · Vrischika 1st decanSixSix of Cups. A child hands a cup of white flowers to a smaller child in a walled courtyard, four more flower-filled cups around them.Six of CupsSun in Scorpio · Vrischika 2nd decan