Eight of Cups
The Eight of Cups depicts a lone figure departing from eight arranged cups and walking into the mountains beneath a full moon, signaling a conscious choice to leave something behind. It represents separation, the start of a new journey, and a search for deeper emotional or spiritual connections despite abandoning past comforts. The imagery of the path, waterfall, and guiding moon emphasizes movement, transition, and inner guidance. In reverse, the card can point to stalled progress, reunions, feeling lost, or stress and burnout when one cannot complete the necessary departure.
Keywords
Description
Eight cups have been arranged in a pattern. There is a spot missing. An elderly man with long hair holds a walking staff. His white clothing and red cloak tumble to the ground. He turns his back on the cups, making his way up a path into the mountains ahead of him. A waterfall tumbles gently down over his path. A full moon guides his way. There is a face inside the moon.
Keyword
Abandoned Success
Correspondences
Water, Saturn, Mercury, Pisces
Upright
Separation; start a new journey; seeking deeper connections; leave something behind.
Reversed
Reunion; feeling lost; standing still; loss of what is not known; stress and burnout.
Visual Description
A lone robed figure with long pale hair stands with a staff, seen from behind, facing a misty rocky landscape under a large full moon bearing a faint face. Eight ornate cups are arranged in the foreground in two rows on the ground. The Roman numeral VIII appears at the top of the card. Mountains, a distant waterfall or stream, and low mist fill the background, creating a lonely, nocturnal atmosphere.
Heaven and Earth tarot
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