Card 71 • pentacles

Eight of Pentacles

Brief Description

The 8 of Pentacles represents mastery, patience, and attention to detail. It signifies being deeply absorbed in a project, seeking knowledge, and following higher wisdom through practical experience. Success often requires the hands-on application of intelligence and skill to bring a task to completion.

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Image Description

With diligence and patience, a spider creates its delicate web. Dewdrops, like stars, are scattered along the threads by the dawn. Weaving patterns: Weave the dream of summer's musk; Weave the curtain of autumn twilight. Weaving destiny: Weave the fragility of life, the anchor rope; Weave wax symbols of the pale moon. Weaving the web: Master every silky, precious thread; Free the artist from restrictions. The spider's work is arduous, spinning its web at night, carefully placing each thread to create a purposeful yet beautiful pattern. It resembles meditation, an intricate dance of eight legs: spinning, step, step, grasp, placing the thread, turning, and stepping; and repeating.

Meaning

The 8 of Pentacles embodies a master, someone with great patience and attention to detail. It calls for being absorbed in a project, seeking knowledge, and following higher wisdom. However, this must be done with practical experience, using one's hands, body, and mind to create. This is often what is required to achieve success – the practical application of intelligence and skill to a task to see it through to completion.

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