Knight of Cups
“Even when the cold comes crashing through
I'm putting all my bets on you
I hope they never understand us
I put my heart inside your palms
My home in your arms
Now we know nothing matters
Nothing matters.” - The Last Dinner Party
Intensity is the name of the game with the Knight of Cups! This is the card that we pull when we are usually about to make some serious changes in our life but we need to make it quickly. Like switching a job, saying yes to an opportunity, or deciding to take a road trip with a friend. In the image I’ve chosen for this blog post, there is an eclipse in the back ground. Eclipses are often associated with intense new beginnings or intense clearing… But intense is key here, and that is often the energy of the Knights suit. The Knight is on a horse, they are moving forward! But with the Cups, we know that this card is an emotional forward moving energy. What is your Mars placement? How do you move forward in this world? I have a Cancer Mars placement, so if there’s no feeling behind it, I’m not interested for too long.
This card reminds me of friends that have fallen hard for a someone and end up engaged and pregnant within 6 months! That’s a lot of serious choices in a row driven by heightened emotions. And we are likely to be worried about loved ones making those ambitious life decisions because pattern recognition doesn’t lend to their favor. So when this card is reversed in a reading, it may be a sign to take some time to rethink, reconsider, redesign. Especially if you pull it during a Mercury Retrograde, don’t make a hasty decision, this card is a warning to slow it down.
But on the other hand, pulling this card may be a sign that it is the perfect time to leave your dead end job and start your own business! The energy of this card pulls us to things that emotionally make us feel fulfilled. And sometimes it doesn’t need to be something as big as a romantic relationship or a career change, it could mean that it’s pulling you to start that new class that you’ve always wanted to do. Or to go get the software to start creating the online class that you have been wanting to teach. I know of a lot of independent healers and creatives that started using online teaching to make money rather than depending on brick and mortar locations. And now they can reach people all over the world and do things that are in alignment with them. The technology of today makes following your heart a little less scary if you take the time to research the apps and equipment you need to start putting yourself out there. I mean, I just got this website and started writing about something I am passionate about, Tarot, in relation to my artistry. That’s a Knight of Cups moment for me. As a neurospicy person, working for other people has always been a challenge, so when I have to the opportunity to leap into something that feels exciting and fulfilling, I’m there!
The energy of this card brings me back to times that I’ve created an emotional burlesque number because of an infatuation with a new lover or someone that I would desire that way, but it’s the right person, wrong time situation. And the desire that builds from the inability to act on those impulses builds into incredible choreography. The alchemy takes the energy of my desires and transcends it into something that will live forever in the minds of those that were moved by the number, and that is really fucking cool. Rather than destroy my relationship and their relationship with foolhardy infidelity, I will make something lusty to be enjoyed instead of create anguish and DRAMA. And that is my advice with this card, enjoy the energy, be wise with what you do with it, because there is a certain inertia felt when this card is coming up. Blessings.
Photo included is the Knight of Cups from the Moon Dust Tarot by Florance Saul