Eight of Cups
The Eight of Cups represents melancholy, emotional withdrawal, and a cycle of introspective wandering that leads away from the world. This card symbolizes depression, longing, and the poisoning of feelings by obsessive thoughts. It suggests being trapped in a vicious cycle of escapism through various forms of addiction or compulsive behavior. While it can indicate moments of insight and revelation, it primarily warns of becoming lost in painful fantasies and mental confusion.
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Symbolism
A melancholic, sad, and sorrowful arcanum, yet simultaneously very beautiful. Notice her headdress - these purple, almost black flowers speak on one hand of higher planes of existence, and on the other hand represent the color of mourning and magic. Here emotions and feelings are mixed with our thoughts and wanderings. Thoughts poison feelings like venom. This card specifically deals with themes of depression, longing, and wandering. There's a peculiar wreath of cups containing water, with movement flowing within this circle. Look how thoughtfully she gazes at that fallen drop. In this case, feelings are either elevated, painful fantasies, or paranoid, psychic disorders - only what is clearly bound in our head. But on the other hand, this represents wandering between insights and revelations. A thoughtfulness that doesn't provide answers to questions, but leads away from the world, detaches and misleads. A hymn to melancholy.
Card's Message
A person in such a state has become lost, in a compulsive condition. The very same vicious circle. Compulsion isn't only about alcohol - books, TV series, and other things too. In relationships, it most often accompanies a person in solitude. If there's already a partner, it intensifies the arcanum's meaning - the person has withdrawn into themselves and is absent from the relationship. In career matters, things are difficult now, bringing no joy. There's emotional tension, a dulled fear of something that drags down and consumes. Regarding money, there are financial problems and no financial fortune is predicted.
Visual Description
A skeletal figure in profile holds its bony hand to its jaw, head tilted slightly downward. A crown-like garland of eight cup-shaped skulls and purple flowers rests atop the figure's head, and pale liquid drips from a few of the cups. The background is dark, textured wood grain and the card border at the bottom shows the word "CUPS" with small numerals "8" on the sides.
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