Eight of Cups
The Eight of Cups speaks of leaving behind what has become too costly and breaking old ties in search of new meaning, attachments, and goals. It often accompanies a sad farewell and a transitional period marked by fear of uncertainty, despair, and doubt about the future. The card also highlights the act of shedding unnecessary things and attempting to update one’s life. Upright it emphasizes parting and uncertainty; reversed it can indicate renewed communication, correction, or the end of a difficult period.
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Description
This card examines the rejection of what was too costly, the breaking of old ties. The search for new meaning, new attachments, goals. Sad farewell. Fear of uncertainty, feelings of despair and doubt about the future. Getting rid of unnecessary things, trying to update.
Upright
transitional period, parting, uncertainty
Reverse
communication, correction, end of a difficult period
Visual Description
A robed figure stands on a rise facing away from the viewer, leaning on a staff and gazing toward distant hills beneath a dark circular sun or moon rimmed in gold. In the foreground eight ornate cups lie on the ground, some tipped and clustered together on a rippled, rocky surface. The sky fades from a pale yellow near the horizon to deep, clouded blue above, suggesting dusk or dawn. The scene is quiet and solitary, with wind suggested in the figure's cloak and hair.
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