Eight of Cups

✦ The “I’m Leaving My Cups Behind Me!” Card

✦ Abandonment

This is a card about abandonment. It is a card of emotional exhaustion, burnout, and the discovery that something you have worked hard for does not bring you fulfillment. Your emotional situation is not working for you. It is not fixable.

✦ Emotional Entanglements

The person in the card has left their cups, and therefore their emotional entanglements, to pursue an adventure of unknown outcome. Some of these cups are shattered, while some are still whole. A situation is usually not entirely broken, but this person has determined that moving on is a better move than trying to salvage the situation.

✦ Leaving a Relationship

Because this is the Suit of Cups, it is likely that the thing you need to leave is a relationship. This is absolutely no fun, but ultimately the right decision.

✦ Abandoning a Situation

If the Eight of Cups comes up for you, it may be time to abandon a situation or set of ideals that you have been holding you down. Alternatively, you may have recently left something behind, and you are on the right path now because of it. While the abandoned cups represent the sadness of leaving something behind, the mountains are a new journey to look forward to, free of previous burden.