Card 57 • swords

Eight of Swords

Brief Description

The Eight of Swords upright describes being trapped by circumstances often of one's own making, with the ability to solve the problem but not seeing the solution. It emphasizes feeling victimized, restricted, and expecting to be rescued. Reversed, the card indicates exploring choices, breaking out of limiting circumstances, and reclaiming empowerment. The card's guidance is to recognize self-imposed limits and actively seek solutions to regain agency.

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Card Name

Eight of Swords

Upright

Falling into a trap by oneself, having ability to solve the problem but not seeing it, feeling victimized, restricted, expecting to be rescued.

Reversed

Exploring all choices, breaking out of circumstances, empowerment, finding a solution.

Visual Description

The card title at the bottom reads 'Eight of Swords'. A blindfolded woman stands in a muddy, yellow-brown terrain wearing a loose, faded pink dress, black boots, and a dark shawl wrapped high around her neck and lower face. Eight upright swords are planted in the ground around her, forming a scattered enclosure but not a solid fence. Her hands hang at her sides and her feet are visible on the ground; there are no other people or animals in the scene.

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