The Knight of Cups is a roving romantic, often a beautiful young person (by no means necessarily a man, despite the gender implications of "knight"). If the knights are taken as literal knights, then the Knight of Cups is more of a figure of pageantry, unlike the other knights who are militaristic and warlike. This knights armour and sword are ceremonial instead of being battle-ready. This person is a talented musician, poet, or artist, and like the other knights embarks on quests, but of much less violent or domineering nature. This knight is less conquistador and more missionary, he does not want to conquer peoples but help and teach them. However, sometimes there is a degree of superficiality to the talents of the Knight. There is a slight concern here that this figure is a dangerously charming or overly promiscuous person, a corrupting male or seductress. An alternate reading is a combination of the element association of water to cups and travel to knights, simply alluding to some manner of travel on, over, or through a body of water.