The Knight of Cups as Advice: Follow Your Heart, and Follow Through

Written by Chaya the Medium.

The Knight of Cups as advice asks you to make the offer. Here is how to make it well, and what the reversal warns against.

If you want the short answer, the Knight of Cups as advice says: follow your heart, and make the offer. Express what you feel, romantically or creatively, and then follow it through.

What the Knight of Cups advises upright

Tina Gong's the Knight of Cups guide at Labyrinthos associates the upright card with romance, charm, imagination and following the heart. In an advice position I read those meanings as an instruction: the attitude or action the card is asking of you, rather than a description of what will happen. The Minor Arcana overview at Biddy Tarot is a useful second reference.

Upright, the Knight of Cups advises a sincere gesture: the invitation, the declaration, the creative pitch. Lead with feeling.

What the Knight of Cups is not asking you to do

The Knight is not asking you to promise more than you will deliver. Charm without follow-through is the reversal.

The Knight of Cups reversed as advice

Reversed, the Knight of Cups as advice says ground the romance. You may be idealising someone or something, or making gestures you will not back up. A reversed card in an advice position is usually pointing at the habit that is getting in your way, not at a punishment.

The Knight of Cups as advice in love

In love, the Knight of Cups advises making your feelings known, kindly and clearly.

The Knight of Cups as advice for work and money

For work and money, it advises pursuing work that moves you, with a plan behind it. Advice from a card is reflection. For decisions with legal, medical or financial weight, take it to someone qualified as well.

One step to take this week

Make one offer you have been holding back this week, and decide in advance what you will do if it is accepted.

For comparison, the Page of Cups as advice and the Knight of Wands as advice ask different things of you. The the Knight of Cups card meaning page covers the card in full, and the Knight of Cups as a yes or no, the Knight of Cups as feelings and the Knight of Cups as timing cover the other questions people most often ask of it. You can draw a card for yourself with the free daily tarot tool. For a personal interpretation, my guide to an online psychic reading explains how readings work, and the three-card tarot listing and customer reviews are worth reading before deciding whether to order.