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Eight of Cups Tarot Card Meaning

Eight of Cups belongs to the suit of Cups — the water suit of emotion, intuition and relationships. Upright it speaks of walking away, seeking deeper meaning, disillusionment; reversed, of fear of leaving, staying out of obligation. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Eight of Cups tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · CupsWaterSaturn in Pisces

Upright meaning

“The card speaks for itself on the surface, but other readings are entirely antithetical--giving joy, mildness, timidity, honour, modesty. In practice, it is usually found that the card shews the decline of a matter, or that a matter which has been thought to be important is really of slight consequence--either for good or evil”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: walking away, seeking deeper meaning, disillusionment, change, departure.

Reversed meaning

“Great joy, happiness, feasting”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: fear of leaving, staying out of obligation, drifting.

The archetype

In the language of the feeling function (relationship, emotion and imagination — the water of the heart): disciplined mastery — energy gathered and directed.

Astrology

Decan: Saturn in Pisces. Water triplicity (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces).

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