From Touchstone TarotTM by Kat Black
Page of Cups
Meanings
The dreamer. A warm, loving and romantic youth, one fragile and easily hurt. Messages about emotions - eg love letters.
Reversed (?)
A hopeless romantic. One who does not value reality and is happy to become lost in their own fantasy world, oblivious to the fact that their affections might not be reciprocated.
Description
A student in a black gown and cap sits at a wooden table holding a cup. A fish looks up at him from the cup, as though speaking to him. Several letters and books are tucked into a writing bureau. On the table are quills, scissors and sealing wax, as well as a few coins in a silver desk set. A fluffy grey tabby kitten sleeps curled up beside him. A silver orb hangs from the top of the bureau. Behind him are delicate, sheer blue curtains sewn with black ribbon.
Artwork
- Cup: MEMLING, Hans, St John and Veronica Diptych, c.1483, National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- Table, sleeping kitten: RUBENS, Pieter Pauwel, Annunciation, c.1628, Rubens House, Antwerp.
- Wall, curtain: BRONZINO, Agnolo, Portrait of a Lady, c.1550, Galleria Sabauda, Turin.
- Young man, items: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, The Merchant Georg Gisze, 1532, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Coat: HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger, De Vos van Steenwijk, 1541, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.
- Fish: BARRERA, Francisco, Still Life, c.1640, private collection.
