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Eight of Pentacles Tarot Card Meaning

Eight of Pentacles belongs to the suit of Pentacles — the earth suit of work, body and material life. Upright it speaks of mastery, apprenticeship, focused work; reversed, of lack of focus, perfectionism. Below — the original 1911 meaning by A. E. Waite, the card's archetype and its astrological correspondence.

Eight of Pentacles tarot card — hand-illustrated Lunara deck
Minor Arcana · PentaclesEarthSun in Virgo

Upright meaning

“Work, employment, commission, craftsmanship, skill in craft and business, perhaps in the preparatory stage”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: mastery, apprenticeship, focused work, skill, dedication.

Reversed meaning

“Voided ambition, vanity, cupidity, exaction, usury. It may also signify the possession of skill, in the sense of the ingenious mind turned to cunning and intrigue”
A. E. WAITE — THE PICTORIAL KEY TO THE TAROT, 1911

Keywords: lack of focus, perfectionism, cutting corners.

The archetype

In the language of the sensation function (body, work and the material world — the earth of what is real): disciplined mastery — energy gathered and directed.

Astrology

Decan: Sun in Virgo. Earth triplicity (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn).

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