Knight of Cups är ett tarotkort som ofta framträder som en inbjudan eller en budbärare till någon med en känslomässig fördel. Det kan också avbilda ankomst till någon. Men när det är upp och ner representerar det en händelse eller situation som tilltalade först, men visar sig vara något mycket annorlunda och nedslående.
Från 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.
Detta kort liknar Ricks liv (spelat av Christian Bale) och filmen affischen visar Rick upp och ner. Haunted av hans brors död och ett allvarligt villkor för en annan, kommer han över många kvinnor under sin resa (ankomsten av någon med känslomässig nytta) och blir besviken hela tiden. Och i slutändan lär han sig slutligen sanningen precis som riddaren i det tarotkortet.
Från Plugged-in filmgranskning ,
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.