Knight of Cups

The Knight of Cups is the romantic, following feeling wherever it goes, at a walking pace. Charming and sincere, and not always reliable, because feeling is what he steers by and feeling changes.

An offer made from the heart. Romance, an invitation, a creative proposal. Follow what moves you. Grace and idealism in action.

Moodiness, unrealistic promises, someone in love with being in love. Or feeling that never becomes action.

The classic suitor. A proposal, a romantic gesture, someone arriving with real intent. Reversed, charm without substance behind it.

Creative and vocational work. Following an inclination rather than an incentive.

Emotional spending. Money follows the heart, sometimes to its cost.

The devotional path. The quest undertaken because it is beautiful rather than because it is required.

Emotional wellbeing as the lead indicator. Pisces rules the feet.

A knight rides a white horse at a measured walk, holding out a cup, winged helmet and heels for Hermes. The armour is decorated with fish. He is the only knight not in a hurry.

Golden Dawn made him water-of-water, the purest expression of the suit. His deliberate slowness contrasts with the Knight of Wands and is drawn from the same Grail-quest literature Waite spent his career on.