Eight of Cups
8 (The Action: movement, outer work, swiftness)
Keywords
- longing
- dissatisfaction
- quest
- departure
- withdrawal
Upright meanings
- Wanting something better
- Blazing your own trail
- Realizing there must be more to life
- Leaving an unhealthy situation behind
- Starting your own business
- Going on a retreat
- Seeking the "still, small voice"
Reversed meanings
- Being implacable
- Finding fault
- Nitpicking
- Refusing to settle down
- Running away from problems or confrontations
- Saying, "It's my way or the highway!"
- Harping on past mistakes and disappointments
- Threatening to quit as a strategy to get your way
Fortune telling
- Someone's "stepping out" on you, now or in the near future
- Maybe it's time to quit talking about the problem and just move on
Questions to ask
- What do I need to leave behind once and for all?
- If I left in search of "more," what would I be looking for, exactly?
- How might a retreat enhance my perspective?