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Archival Source:1909 Rider-Waite-Smith
Artist:Pamela Colman Smith ('Pixie')
Rights Status:Public Domain
500-Year Historical Lineage
Minor Arcana · #12
TRADITIONAL CORRESPONDENCEKnight of Cups
Lord of the Waves and Waters · The Questing Romantic
🜄water· The Questing Romantic
Element
water
Astrology
Air of Water
Hebrew Path
Minor Pip
Chromatic Tone
Silver Armor & Aqua Stream
Upright Hermeneutic (Dynamic Principle)
Following the call of the heart with courtly grace and dedication to beauty.
Inverted Hermeneutic (Friction & Shadow)
Moody fickleness, passive aggression, unrealistic romanticism.
Iconographical Motifs
Steed Stepping Gently Across StreamWinged Helmet of HermesHolding Chalice Tenderly
Celestial Timing & Ephemeris Resonance
The romantic hero on the quest for the sacred talisman.