Card 57 • swords

Eight of Swords

Brief Description

The Eight of Swords signals a sense of immobilization, where you may feel pinned down by routines and responsibilities and unable to move. It depicts your soul being pulled out of your body and dissected by the demands of modern life, highlighting emotional and mental strain. While the difficulties you face are real, the card warns against allowing the situation to shut down your mind. There is hope: creative solutions exist, and the most significant changes often arise from the hardest situations.

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Meaning

You may feel completely immobile, pinned down by routines and responsibilities and unable to move while your soul is pulled out of your body and dissected by the demands of modern life. There is no denying the difficulties you face, but don't allow this situation to shut down your mind. Creative solutions do exist, and the biggest changes come from the hardest situations.

Visual Description

A blindfolded woman’s head is framed in a vertical rectangle at the center of the image. Her arms and legs are splayed outward, each impaled or intersected by swords, and her exposed torso reveals stylised internal organs. The figure has greenish, amphibian-like limbs and webbed feet, set against a mottled red and gray background. At the bottom the printed title reads "EIGHT of SWORDS."

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✍️ Deck author(s): Jesse Lonergan

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