Knight of CupsKnight of Cups · Reversed
What does Knight of Cups reversed mean?
Knight of Cups when it comes out upside down, blocked, internalised, or in excess, depending on how you read reversals.
Reversed
Moodiness, unrealistic promises, somebody in love with being in love.
The last is the most precise. What is being enjoyed is the feeling rather than the person, and the person is interchangeable in a way that becomes apparent later.
Also read for feeling that never becomes action: the intention announced repeatedly and never enacted. Reversed, the horse stops and only the declaration remains.
Upright
An offer made from the heart. Romance, an invitation, a creative proposal.
Follow what moves you. Grace and idealism in action, and the card genuinely means action: the Knight is moving, which distinguishes him from the Page's feeling that has not gone anywhere yet.
As a person he is warm, attentive and demonstrative. What he offers is real at the moment he offers it, and the tradition is careful to put it that way rather than more warmly.
Keywords
Upright: romance, invitation, idealism, following the heart, charm
Reversed: moodiness, empty promises, unrealistic, inaction
Journal prompts
- What am I being invited into?
- Where is my idealism useful, and where is it a way of avoiding specifics?
Draw it for yourself
Reading about a card is not the same as drawing one. A single-card reading takes about a minute and answers your question rather than a general one.