1944 · CLOSE READING
The Book of Thoth
The Book of Thoth (1944), PDF p. 150
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KNIGHT OF CUPS
The Knight of Cups represents the fiery part of Water, the swift passionate attack of
rain and springs; more intimately, Water’s power of solution. He rules the Heavens from the
21st degree of Aquarius to the 20th degree of Pisces. He is clothed in black armour furnished
with bright wings which, together with the leaping attitude of his white charger, indicates that
he represents the most active aspect of Water. In his right hand he bears a cup from which is‐
sues a crab, the cardinal sign of Water, for aggressiveness. His totem is the peacock, for one of
the stigmata of water in its most active form is brilliance. There is here also some reference to
the phenomena of fluorescence.
The characteristics of the person signified by this card are nevertheless mostly passive,
in accordance with the Zodiacal attribution. He is graceful, dilettante, with the qualities of Ve‐
nus, or a weak Jupiter. He is amiable in a passive way. He is quick to respond to attraction, and
easily becomes enthusiastic under such stimulus; but he is not very enduring. He is exceed‐
ingly sensitive to external influence, but with no material depth in his character.
When the card is ill dignified, he is sensual, idle and untruthful. Yet with all this he pos‐
sesses an innocence and purity which are the essence of his nature. But he is, on the whole, so
superficial that it is hard to reach this depth. “His name is writ in water.”
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