Medieval Scapini - Knight of Cups

The Knight of Cups

Silver Chalice - characteristics and abilities of the person - (owning, identity, purpose) =
Intelligent, romantic, talented, artistic, ambitious, eager, idealistic, driven, fulfills own needs as well as others

or can be sly, cunning, can be cheating/cheater, ungenerous


Person - fair young youth, friend, lover, sensitive man.

3 Keys - access, authority, title, status, wealth, abundant supply, opportunity, to unlock inaccessible potental, conquest

Peasants - advances, in the background - arrival, approach, advancement, meeting, greeting - welcome, reception, serves others, works the land.

Scene on Cup - cupid, bending his bow = direction, journey over water or wet weather, drawing and bringing together, union, intent focus,

Left hand - receptive - ying - past = emotions, intuition, gut instincts

Pointing finger @ card reader - ominous, foretelling evil, inauspicious, unfavorable, ill-omened, unfortunate, unpromising

Hearts on reins = sensitivity, seduction,

Cloak - bat wings = hidden, repressed desires, shadow-self

Boots = lawlessness, trickery, fraud, crime, deception,

Sneering Mule = cunning, slander, treachery, wickedness, villain, depravity, theif, untrustworthy

The Scapini really brings out the charming conniver, used car salesman aspect of this card.

medieval scapini knight of cups

According to Decker's Art and Arcana, this knight is said to be Rasputin, the opposite to the grail knight in search of divine agape; this knight is in search of self-serving one-night amors. His sly-faced horse sheds a sarcastic tear, possibly for the victims of this cruel, conniving man.This parasite of a knight "fastens on" and won't let go until he gets what he wants. Pass by him if at all possible. Love's not a drug in a cup.