Eight of Swords
The Eight of Swords depicts immobilization and suppression, showing a hapless citizen bound to eight swords while a glowing full moon hints at possible liberation. Upright, it signals restriction, imprisonment, oppression, a crisis, brainwashing, a negative outlook, being blind to the obvious, and victim-hood. Reversed, it indicates escape: freeing oneself from limiting beliefs, expanding awareness, gaining new insights, and seeing a way out. Overall, the card warns of self-imposed or external constraints but emphasizes that awareness and perspective shifts can reveal paths to freedom.
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Description
Immobilized and muted, a hapless citizen stands bound to eight hefty swords. Although liberation seems impossible, the glowing full moon above represents the potential to escape this confinement.
Upright Meaning
Restriction. Imprisonment. Oppression. A crisis. Brainwashing. A negative outlook. Being blind to the obvious. Victim-hood.
Reversed Meaning
Escape. Freeing oneself from limiting beliefs. Expanding your awareness. New insights. Seeing a way out.
Visual Description
A robed, wrapped figure stands at the center, its body entirely bound in layers of cloth with only one eye visible through the wrappings. Eight swords are planted upright in the ground around the figure, forming a loose circle and connected by bands of the same fabric. The figure rises from a base of exposed roots and red earth, and small stars and a pale crescent shape appear in the sky behind it. The card border shows the Roman numeral VIII at the top and the title EIGHT OF SWORDS at the bottom.
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