Eight of Wands
The Eight of Wands (Swiftness) signifies rapid mental activity, swift movement, and the sudden arrival of ideas or information under Mercury's influence. It highlights the Wands' drive and rational application of will, enabling inspired, ingenious solutions and accelerated learning. Progress and quick communication are favored, making this an excellent time to tackle persistent problems with out-of-the-box thinking. The card advises caution to communicate clearly so that more deliberate companions are not left behind, using your intellectual agility to bring others along.
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Correspondences
Mercury in Sagittarius
Keywords
Ideas, movement, progress, quick communication, ingenious solutions, intellectual power, thinking on your feet, spontaneity, flexibility
Meaning — Mercury and Eights
The 8s are under the auspices of Mercury and share some of its quicksilver mental acuity. The cards offer sudden insights, but also share a sense of nervousness and of mental hyper-sensitivity.
Meaning — Wands and Quick Thinking
For the Wands, the combination of willpower and rationality makes for a streak of genius. We are capable of thinking at lightning-speed; we feel inspired and come up with ingenious solutions. This would be a great time to tackle a persistent problem and to apply some out-of-the-box thinking. We are able to learn and comprehend anything we put our mind to and to broaden our horizons.
Meaning — Caution
There is only one danger – to leave our more slowly and deliberately thinking companions and audiences behind. So tap into your ingenious communication abilities to take them along with you.
Exploring the Card
To combine the design of wooden wands with the concept of speed, a display of Firebolt brooms seems to be an appropriate image. Because of a depiction of 8 actual brooms would really be crowding this card, the sense of the number 8 is instead realized in the price-tag on one of the brooms.
Visual Description
Eight long wands streak diagonally across the card, their shafts and metal fittings shown in motion. Three children stand close together in the foreground, watching with wide-eyed surprise and amused smiles. A window grid fills the background while swirling lines and air currents trace the trajectory of the flying rods; a small hanging tag is attached to one shaft.
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