Card 43 • cups

Eight of Cups

Brief Description

The 8 of Cups represents a moment of introspection and realization of dissatisfaction and disappointment in one's life. It signifies a need to leave behind the known and embark on a challenging journey in search of what is missing. The water symbolizes an unbalanced emotional state. The card encourages moving on from despair and hopelessness while warning against indecision and clinging to the past when reversed.

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Imagery

The card depicts a woman in a skirt marked with ladybug patterns, observing pairs of surrounding animals: two swans, two dragonflies, two songbirds, and two moons. The woman feels dissatisfied and disillusioned with her life, regretting how it has unfolded and recognizing the necessity to move forward in search of what is lacking. The water beneath her symbolizes her unbalanced emotional state. The stone path she embarks on indicates the challenging journey she now faces.

Upright Meaning

Disappointment, loss of hope, moving forward, end of the path.

Reversed Meaning

Indecision, persistence, clinging to what was.

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✍️ Deck author(s): Catrin Welz-Stein

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