From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Knight of Cups
Meanings
The romantic. A poet, artist or musician. Chivalrous, but fickle - preferring the chase to the capture. In love with love – seeking a Grail that will never be found. Travel by or to water.
Reversed (?)
Reality check. The romantic dreamer confronted by reality – that he needs to get a job, pay rent, and maybe accept others despite their flaws. To live in a world of fantasy is hard to sustain.
Description
A young, bearded man in armor stands beside a rocky stream leading to the sea. Seabirds fly up from the cliffs in a grey, cloudy sky. He rests one hand on the hilt of his sword, and in the other he holds a golden cup. A blue ribbon is tied around his arm, and the Order of the Golden Fleece hangs around his neck.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych, c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Sky: PEETERS, Bonaventura the Elder, An Oriental Harbor, 1650-52, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
- Rocks, river: EVERDINGEN, Allaert van, Scandinavian Rocky River Landscape, 1649, private collection.
- Face: TIZIANO, Vecellio (Titian), Portrait of Tomaso or Vincenzo Mosti, c.1526, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
- Armor: MOR VAN DASHORST, Anthonis, Portrait of Philip II in Armor, 1557, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial.
- Golden fleece emblem: ORLEY, Bernaert van, Portrait of Charles V, 1500s, Musée du Louvre Museum, Paris.
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