Eight of Cups
The Eight of Cups depicts leaving behind an unfulfilling situation to pursue deeper emotional or spiritual fulfillment. It signifies a deliberate choice to abandon material comforts or familiar relationships in search of new paths and inner truth. The card emphasizes courage, humility, and certainty of purpose as one ventures into the unknown. Reversed, it warns of being stuck, resistant to change, or indulging in avoidance and cynicism.
Keywords
Keyword
Into the Unknown
Description
In the Eight of Cups, a man walks away from his current reality toward a new dream. The cups of his old way of life have emptied, and though he has acquired relationships, skills, and memories, he must abandon some of what he knows to create something new. Be confident that nothing of importance has been lost. The path forward is uncertain, but to find the deeper satisfaction you crave, you must be certain of your decision, venturing through the haze of the foreign and the unknown.
Meaning
A search for new paths, a rejection of the material for the spiritual, disappointment, humility, walking away, fortitude, embracing the unknown
Reversal
stuck in a rut, rigidity, an inability to move on, hedonism, resignation, cynicism
Visual Description
A lone dark silhouette stands at a low horizon against a pale sky. In the foreground four clear glass cups are stacked in a two-by-two arrangement, their reflections in the water below repeating the same four shapes and creating the impression of eight cups. A strong horizontal band separates the upper landscape from the reflective surface. The scene is spare and quiet, emphasizing empty space and the silent figure behind the cups.
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