O Cavaleiro das Taças é uma carta de tarô que muitas vezes aparece como um convite ou um mensageiro de alguém com um benefício emocional. Também pode descrever a chegada de alguém. No entanto, quando está de cabeça para baixo, representa um evento ou situação que era atraente no início, mas acaba sendo algo muito diferente e decepcionante.
De Biddy Tarot ,
The Knight of Cups reversed indicates a situation which was initially incredibly appealing, romantic and exciting but which later turns out to be something very different, and one walks away feeling quite disappointed. It is as though you are wearing the rose-coloured glasses, or going through the honeymoon period, only to come out realising that the situation is quite different to what you thought.
Este cartão é muito parecido com a vida de Rick (interpretado por Christian Bale) e o pôster do filme mostra Rick de cabeça para baixo. Assombrado pela morte de seu irmão e condição séria de outro, ele se depara com muitas mulheres durante sua jornada (chegada de alguém com benefício emocional) e fica desapontado o tempo todo. E no final, ele finalmente aprende a verdade como o cavaleiro da carta de tarô.
Em Revisão de filme conectada ,
One woman, a stripper who says she changes her “reality” every evening, seems closely associated with Hinduism: They vacation at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where a Hindu shrine appears in the background. We also see a man playfully slap a thin stone onto his brow, imitating the Hindu “third eye.” Another woman, calm and peaceful, is shown doing yogic exercises in front of a statue of the Buddha. She rejects Rick’s advances, saying, “I don’t want to wreak havoc in men’s lives anymore”—an echo of the Buddhist concept of peaceful, emotionless Nirvana. Rick visits a Zen garden with yet another woman and visits with a man who apparently played at being an Eastern monk for a while.
Rick also visits a museum filled with Christian artwork. And his father is shown praying, petitioning God for forgiveness. Quotations from the Bible and Christian prayers echo throughout the movie. And before the film ends, we meet a priest who says that suffering is a gift from God, not a curse—that it helps bind us closer to Him.